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Everywhere man is confronted with fate , with a chance of achieving something through his own suffering.

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Viktor E. Frankl
Age: 92 †
Born: 1905
Born: March 26
Died: 1997
Died: September 2
Existential Therapist
Neurologist
Professor
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
Surgeon
Writer
Vienna
Austria
Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl
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Everywhere
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Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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Freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness. That is why I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast.
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