Just As A Small Fire Is Extinguished

Happiness Cannot Be Attained By Wanting To Be Happy - It Must Come As The Unintended Consequence Of Working For A Goal Greater Than Oneself.

We Needed To Stop Asking About The Meaning Of Life.

Fundamentally, Therefore, Any Man Can, Even Under Such Circumstances, Decide What Shall Become Of Him—mentally And Spiritually. He May Retain His Human Dignity Even In A Concentration Camp.

Most Important, However, Is The Third Avenue To Meaning In Life: Even The Helpless Victim Of A Hopeless Situation, Facing A Fate He Cannot Change, May Rise Above Himself, May Grow Beyond Himself, And By So Doing Change Himself. He May Turn A Personal Tragedy Into A Triumph.

Life Is Not Primarily A Quest For Pleasure, As Freud Believed, Or A Quest For Power, As Alfred Adler Taught, But A Quest For Meaning. The Greatest Task For Any Person Is To Find Meaning In His Or Her Own Life.