“When a man can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.” — Viktor Frankl
Ryan Holidayx.com“When a man can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.” — Viktor Frankl
If we chronically neglect our values, we become someone we’re not proud of – our life feels out of balance and diminished. Ironically, this ugly feeling makes us more likely to seek distractions to escape our dissatisfaction without actually solving the problem.
Nir Eyal • Indistractable
“Man’s search for meaning,” Frankl writes, “is the primary motivation in his life and not a 'secondary rationalization' of instinctual drives.”
Omar F. Najjarine • Why modern life feels meaningless
chief desire of man is not pleasure but meaning.