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Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
Viktor E. Frankl
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Viktor E. Frankl
Age: 92 †
Born: 1905
Born: March 26
Died: 1997
Died: September 2
Existential Therapist
Neurologist
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Vienna
Austria
Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl
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But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.
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A man who could not see the end of hisprovisional existence was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life.
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There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.
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Everywhere man is confronted with fate , with a chance of achieving something through his own suffering.
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Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.
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