The Existential Vacuum Manifests Itself Mainly In

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.

Ultimately, Man Should Not Ask What The Meaning Of His Life Is, But Rather He Must Recognize That It Is He Who Is Asked.

I Would Say That Our Patients Never Really Despair Because Of Any Suffering In Itself! Instead, Their Despair Stems In Each Instance From A Doubt As To Whether Suffering Is Meaningful. Man Is Ready And Willing To Shoulder Any Suffering As Soon And As Long As He Can See A Meaning In It.

A Human Being Is Not One Thing Among Others; Things Determine Each Other, But Man Is Ultimately Self-determining. What He Becomes-within The Limits Of Endowment And Environment-he Has Made Out Of Himself.

The Meaning Of Our Existence Is Not Invented By Ourselves, But Rather Detected.