Thursday, August 25, 2005

Viktor Frankl Quote:

Pleasure is a by-product, or side effect, of the fulfillment of our strivings, but is destroyed and spoiled to the extent to which it is made a goal or target. . . . Man can only actualize himself to the extent to which he fulfills meaning. . . . Man should not, indeed cannot, struggle for identity in a direct way; he rather finds identity to the extent to which he commits himself to something beyond himself, to a cause greater than himself.
from "Psychotherapy and Existentialism"

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