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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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Psychiatrist
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
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Vienna
Austria
Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl
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One should not search for an abstract meaning of life ... Life can be made meaningful in a threefold way: first, through what we give to life ... second, by what we take from the world ... third, through the stand we take toward a fate we no longer can change.
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Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.
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Success is total self-acceptance.
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Somewhere I heard a victorious Yes in answer to my question of the existence of ultimate purpose.
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I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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