Q0279
Viktor Frankl
A verified English rendering from the curated archive.
English
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
Source context
This English passage is associated with Man's Search for Meaning, within the tradition of Logotherapy. The wording below is a verified rendering prepared for careful reading rather than a claim of unique translation authority.
A short reading
Read in the register of change, the sentence asks the reader to test an assumption rather than to collect a slogan. In Viktor Frankl's wider work, similar claims are usually offered as prompts for judgment: what would have to be true for the sentence to hold, and what would follow if it did?
How to cite this quotation
APA: Viktor Frankl. (n.d.). When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. In Philosophy Blind Box. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0279
MLA: Viktor Frankl. “When we are no longer able to change….” Philosophy Blind Box, https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0279.
Chicago: Viktor Frankl. “When we are no longer able to change….” Philosophy Blind Box. Accessed 2026. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0279.