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The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected.
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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Psychologist
Psychotherapist
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Vienna
Austria
Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl
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The meaning of my life is to help others find meaning in theirs.
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For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a triumph, to turn one’s predicament into a human achievement.
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No one can take away my freedom to choose how I will react.
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A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the why for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any how.
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I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.
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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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