ثمّة معنى للحياة يكاد يخلو من الخلق والمتعة معًا، ولا يتيح سوى إمكانية واحدة للسلوك الأخلاقي الرفيع: وهي موقف الإنسان من وجوده، وجودٍ مقيَّد بقوى خارجية.

“There is also purpose in life which is almost barren of both creation and enjoyment and which admits of but one possibility of high moral behavior: namely, in man's attitude to his existence, an existence restricted by external forces.”Viktor E. Frankl — Man's Search for Meaning (2006)