Man's search for Meaning - Viktor E Frankl.

There are some books that have a profound impact on your life , some may even be life changers. This was such a book for me.

This is a memoir of Viktor Frankl's experiences at a concentration camp. Through his ordeals there , Viktor Frankl made several observations to find happiness and meaning even when you have lost everything.

It opened my eyes to a new way of looking at suffering in life and through it view what it means to be satisfied and happy with your life. 

Thoroughly enjoyed this book . One of the best books I've read.

Memorable Quotes - There are many quotes that I will hold in my heart. Here are some .

On Human beings :
..for we have come to know man as he really is .After all , man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz. However, he is also that being who entered those gas chambers upright, with the Lords prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips - pg 135.

I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world still may know bliss, be it only for a brief moment , in contemplation of his belowed. - pg 37

In a position of utter desolation when man cannot express himself in positive action, when his only achievement may consist in enduring his sufferings -in a honorable way- in such a position ,man can, through loving contemplation achieve fulfillment - pg 38.

The experiences of camp life show that man [at places where man] does not have a choice of action,man can preserve a vestige of spiritual freedom, of independence of mind, even in such terrible conditions .

On Suffering :
If there is a meaning in life at all ,then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life ,even as fate and death. Without suffering and death, human life cannot be complete.  -- pg 67.

it is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future.And this is his salvation in the most difficult moments of his existence . -- pg 73.

'He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how ' - Nietzsche (pg 76).

On tears :
There was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer . - pg 78

Not only our experiences , but all we have done ,whatever great thoughts we may have had ,and all we have suffered , all this is not lost - pg 82.

The crowning experience of all, for the homecoming an, is the wonderful feeling that, after all he has suffered , there is nothing he need to fear anymore -- except his God. - pg 93.

Five stars...cant recomment anymore.