Search for meaning

[Sunshine44008]

I love this video so much.

[gabrielaatal]

My question is: what should man be?

[RalfLippold]

.... 4:22 min worth watching at any time :) Thank you Viktor Frankl!!!

[XDXDXDXDXDXDXD]

So eloquent

[hootiepaladin]

His voice and intensity energizes me.

[1wunPlanet]

sorry to be ignorant but who is this great speaker?

[x12179x]

@1wunPlanet Victor Frankl

[TheKevinHightower]

@1wunPlanet He is the author of "Man's Search for Meaning." He was a Jewish psychologist that survived a Nazi camp and discovered that true freedom is not defined by a man's physical boundries (prison), but by his mental ones. His asserts that some men in prison are freer than men who live in the outside world but in a prison of their own mind.

[Roberto33131]

YEP....

[TheAxis456]

reminds me of C.S Lewis. "aim for heaven and you get earth. aim at earth and you get neither."

[mangavn]

Keep bringing updates please. I really enjoyed your channel.

[ErinnE3]

"We have to be idealists in a way..." so true.

[roryphelan]

What is he talking about?

[UNFLASHY]

someone who takes so long to say so little must be retarded or gay

[Bes1987]

I can't endorse any philosophical rendition that places mans will at the center of meaning.

[TheKevinHightower]

@Bes1987 Maybe because you have never survived a concentration camp. Man has will and it is at his own center, it is how he aligns it that changes everything.

[Bes1987]

@TheKevinHightower, or maybe because the man who created concentration camps placed his will at the center of meaning 

[TheKevinHightower]

@Bes1987 I agree from a personal religious level. But in my truth, God gave man will. I am not out to convert people to my religion understand. But it is MY truth that for me to live the life I want I have to align that will with God's. My pastor is George Foreman and my religion is Christianity. What I have learned is not to make it my business to worry about where other men align there will, only mine. I can't find fault with a man's philosophy who survives this situation and thrives

[Bes1987]

@TheKevinHightower, or maybe because the man who created concentration camps placed his will at the center of meaning

[Portubed]

@Bes1987 In "will to meaning" it's about the desire, the longing, the goal. Will is pretty much the drive, what matters is where it's focused on; it's not something bad in itself to "want". Perhaps you should make your perspective or bias clear in order to let others understand your conclusion.

[Bes1987]

@Portubed ...you're using will and desire interchangibly ..I think as a preliminary you have to define your terms, but regardless of the former complaint, my complaint is that a person ought to will the good and align himself with it rather than willing some subjective desire.

[cristianthegreat]

Viktor Frankl: Why to believe in others

[lilylautner]

im not gonna lie, this guy seems great but i cannot understand him

[chipper4971]

I am a painter (artist) and as I show the painting to friends and others. they ask. What does it mean? now I have to search for a meaning as I draw or paint.

[TalkALotMore]

"A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark" - Dante

"You can't start a fire without a spark" - Springsteen

"There must be a spark of search for meaning" - Frankl

[DemianHermann]

To seek the Truth, go to google and search Truth Contest. Read the entries on the homepage. If you can write something better please let us know. Thank you.

[MegaSpeedyGonzalez]

thank you! beautiful :)

[wateryskipper]

Goetz :)

[bslatimer]

Who are the pharisees with the three dislikes. I wish we could hunt them down and crucify them... totally kidding of course...

[Klamsy4Life]

how can there possibly be 3 dislikes on this video ?

Frankl was truly one of the most intelligent men out there and in the world!

what he said is true and nothing else....

[educationk12]

I agree to a certain extent, there are extremes to high expectations and we have to keep in mind that too high of expectations can lead to a negative effect.

[frankycnguyen]

Is there anywhere i can get a transcript for this speech?

[meli419]

<3 Dr. Frankl. Love love.

[drufuss2006]

Thumbs up if Tony Robbins sent you here

[DrColette]

I never heard of Dr. Frankel, but he makes a lot of sense to me. Thank you.

[ClipGurus]

Amazing man.

[celebrating108]

Beautifully said, a man of profound inspiration...

His book, "Man's Search for Meaning", is a quick and amazing read; one of my top 10 books in the world. Thank you Dr. Frankel!

[petrosoap]

i love him!!!!!

[jruizdemena]

Ah no..Dr Frankl

[jruizdemena]

Erich fromm??

[dreamingWisdom]

What did he say at 2:37? Sorry, I'm kind of deaf..

[account5014]

every year 30,000 thousand Japanese commit sucide. contentment is in religion so search for it which unfortunately western world has outcasted from there lives

forgetting that human being is made up of two things the apperent and the hidden

they only have fed the apperent being which is body but they forgot the inner being which is soul

so only religion will provide with eternal contentment because its religion which feeds the inner being and wordly needs feed the outer being

[saad6633]

@account5014

That's a well said !

but, where did you get these numbers from ?

[account5014]

i recommend all of you to plz watch Yusuf Estes videos on youtube who was a former priest from california

this world is functiong on give and take formula in order to get something you have to loose something only religion provides you with real meaning so search for it before its too late you will contentment even if your pocket are empty and even if no one is out there to love you

[educationk12]

@account5014 no, religion only provides meaning for those who haven't researched the horrid history behind it. Thousands of biblical texts speak of converting women to sex slaves, killing women for being raped, etc. (Deut. 22 is one such example). Not to mention the plethora of examples of mass murders for people who didn't convert to Christianity. No, I don't want to talk to a priest, as of today 37 priest in Philadelphia alone are serving yet accused of rape. Superstition isn't the answer.

[nasromeo]

if only u're my teacher

[ThePgereffi]

He sounds like borat lol.

[SerenyLaVesser]

Thank goodness he escaped the Nazis...

[mafe1959]

Great man and like all great men he had a great sense of humor! If only all psychiatrists and people thought the way he did...i the world would be a much greater place. Simple, sincere,a man with a great soul and a great mind...that's what genius is all about.

[nublex]

thanks a lot for the upload, sweet talk

[leonardodalongisland]

I read "Man''s Search..." while doing time in a fedearl prison, it was one of the most amazing and insightful things to ever enter my mind. One thing it taught me was to stop complaining/crying about my situation(s). Not long after I heard (NPR) stories of how "political" femal inmates in N. Korea's prisons live...I've never complaned again.

If you haven't read his work-DO SO!

[sexynat50]

Love it! Could listen to his lectures all day.

[alecsa03]

Absolutely genius! :)

[vonmec]

wonderful stuff...

[BeliefCloset]

"If we take Man as he really is (without purpose or meaning), we make him worse. But if we overestimate him, idealize him, overrate him, see him as he should be, we make him capable of what he can become." Beautiful. Goethe via Frankl

[channel323232]

wow.

[smsmsm247]

This speech is awesome.

Helped to reach for higher goals.

SocialMediaCurrency of Toronto

[alecsa03]

Great video! :)

[WoundedEgo]

Europe emptied itself of Jews. Now it is being filled with Muslims. What a bad trade.

This is a marvellous speech.

[WoundedEgo]

Europe emptied itself of Jews. Now it is being filled with Muslims. Bad trade.

[ZRadach]

@WoundedEgo HAHAHAHAHA, muslims are like the anti-jew... well, looks like Europe learned the price of jealousy [damn jews! so smart/intelligent (nobel prizes) successful (high social status), and healthy (kosher/kashrut... very healthy diet) let's get rid of them! oh wait, you mean those are GOOD qualities? oh well, I guess murderous, savage, mutilators will do! yay for war-mongering barbarians!

[OceanAndSilence]

@ZRadach great argument here guys... using stereotype against stereotype. top notch.

[ZRadach]

at ~ 3:23 did he say "goethe"?

[jilly9]

@ZRadach yes

[SuperMel2012]

in other words, if you expect some one (maybe yourself) to be exceptional, that person will achieve more than if they were expected to be unexceptional.

[gatorrob]

@SuperMel2012 not exactly.  if you expect more from someone, then they will strive to be what they can be. Rather than aiming for average and getting sub par

[nickyabroad]

‘If you reach for the stars, you might not quite get one, but you won’t end up with a handful of mud, either.’ Leo Burnett

[Diosibundo]

Ha haaaaaaaaaaa... "If we take man as he really is, we make him worse, but if we OVERESTIMATE him..."

[Shindai]

Beatifully simple

[MrNightLifeLover]

It just sounds awful if people with a native german speak English :D

[nichhhole]

@MrNightLifeLover

<3 ze german akzent

(but he's austrian?)

[sanremo2009]

@nichhhole

yea he was austrian, and the austrians native language is german

[nichhhole]

@sanremo2009

but austrians have a different

accent i find in my opinion..

same as the swiss who also speak 'german'

hence i thought the need to differentiate them.

sorry my first comment sounded so 'dämlich'

xD

[syncopath]

Great. we must always remember 2 overestimate Man, so what is a man will ever be of what man can Become. and 'Reaching the Stars' will not be left just an empty slogan ...

[CosmiconOne]

I would like to give this 6 million thumbs up, for each and every Jewish soul that perished in the Holocaust.

[Julviano]

@CosmiconOne what would you give for all the Palestinian souls that are been perished day in and day out in Gaza by the Zionists, the modern day Nazi state of Israel?

[lyris1]

@CosmiconOne I know it was designed for them primarily, but what about the cripples, the gays, the political enemies, etc?

[aMulliganStew]

Excellent!

[bentzvi07]

Brilliant!

[enewmarket]

For those of us who know of Viktor Frankl, his history, his intellect and his contribution to the way people think, then we must recommend that others watch, listen, learn, practice and teach that which this great man was, did and gave to us. Mark Abrahams

[armestam]

I want to give this video a million thumbs up.

[CoolOrigamiWebsite]

What happens if the wind blows from the other direction?

[xJaysrox]

@CoolOrigamiWebsite you'll have to push harder..

[CoolOrigamiWebsite]

@xJaysrox

push harder from which direction? :)

[mactechnodude13]

@CoolOrigamiWebsite it depends on your point of view. be it up or down with respect to how one looks at the plane, one ought to always be able to find an orientation at which the metaphorical "wind" needs to be counteracted in a positive fashion.

[CoolOrigamiWebsite]

@mactechnodude13

...but the "wind" is unpredictable, it would therefore be impossible to predict how to counteract it positively. For example, one person may thrive from having people believe in him and achieve his best as described in the video... whilst someone else may become complacent as a result and only achieve his possible best if people don't believe in him. This desire to prove others wrong would motivate him to succeed.

[unperson123]

@CoolOrigamiWebsite the one where it would lead you to where you want to go!

[weetcka]

you excuse me, but I know a way of speaking marvelous accent without a slightest english.

[kylecb]

@weetcka I think it's "I am speaking marvelous (English) without the slightest (accent)," with the bracket words swapped :P

[Portubed]

Amazing charisma! "We have to be idealists, in a way, because then we'll wind up as the true, the real realists." If we take Man as he his we make him worse but if we take man as he should be, we make him capable of becoming what he can be. ~Goethe "This is the most apt maxim and motto for any psychotherapeutic activity."

[mike28110]

@Portubed Does anyone know which Goethe work this quote is from?

[Portubed]

@mike28110 I would also like to know, so far I've found 2 versions but couldn't find the source. Anyone who could help would be appreciated! :)

"When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be.";

“If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that”.

[ZaneZiba]

God knows that his book helped me through the darkest times I had when I was in High School. It is only now that I am seeing him speaking and know how he looks like. God Bless Him whatever he is now....

[maxistsocialist]

USA is fucked up and most people in USA hate politics, and only care about stupid ballgames, football, baseball and all you can eat buffets. If you live in USA and you wanna talk about politics you gotta use the internet, because in USA nobody cares about politics, economics and science !!

[Immigrant312]

@maxistsocialist hmm you are quite the ignorant fellow ...

[nilbud]

@Immigrant312 You dumb child

[hanjo687]

@maxistsocialist Perhaps people just don't want to discuss politics with you because your attitude is hostile and chilidish. Try being less offensive in your presentation of ideas to get the ball rolling. I find people don't mind discussing politics but they do mind fighting over them.

[NatashaWatters]

wonderful! the passion we seek in life is passion itself doing what we enjoy will give us a meaningful fullfilled life.

[flixmsncom]

wow this is so true!

[dimmer3]

Wow! What a brilliant inspiring man. His ideas should be propogated so that all of humanity should benefit from his wisdom!

[tripicch]

Logoterapia de Viktor Frankl, a única abordagem integral do Homem eternamente contemporânea.

Adalberto Tripicchio from Brasil

[Fattaman]

Gotta love this man's accent XD

[zxjonny]

who did he say he was quoting from?

[tjpob1]

Goethe

[mikegibbowr]

If you would dare to know yourself... learn all that you can from the man... Dr. Viktor Frankl.... because he is one of those individuals who has seen first hand the horrors of the human experience, and chosen to live beyond it, to inspire and educate the world on the subject of "Meaning"... Mike Gibbowr

[rafits]

Lol, the URL text ends with "JEw".

[ArandomNutter]

very ture

[rosisalerno]

Dr Frankel, as always your words are inspiring!

[vintagegirll]

thx this is really good video

yes dont overestimatewom/ man yet do encourage as she/he will become better hopefully hee he

[TalkALotMore]

"A mighty flame follows a tiny spark"

- Dante

"You can't start a fire without a spark"

- Springsteen

*Thank you for visiting Canada Dr. Frankl!*

Rest in peace

[inthenameofdemocracy]

@TalkALotMore Good comment

[edithosan]

Thank you for sharing these videos I really need to see and hear V. Frankl with his own words!!!

[dLimboStick]

Fucking A. This is GREAT.

[rochcheng]

This is one of the best Victor Frankl's lectures I've seen so far! Thank you for posting this! [2007-11-16]

[egrosz]

When we speak about "to be humanist" we speak about V.Frankl!!! We need only to listen to what he said!

[egrosz]

Andrew! Thanks You so much for these videos!

I read some of his books but never heard him speaking...He is amazing!! Thanks!Thanks so much!