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A human being is not one thing among others things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes-within the limits of endowment and environment-he has made out of himself.
Viktor E. Frankl
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Viktor E. Frankl
Age: 92 †
Born: 1905
Born: March 26
Died: 1997
Died: September 2
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Vienna
Austria
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Viktor Emil Frankl
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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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Happiness cannot be pursued it must ensue.
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