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It said to me, 'I am here — I am here — I am life, eternal life.'
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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I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future...And this is his salvation in the most difficult moments of his existence, although he sometimes has to force his mind to the task.
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