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Self-actualization cannot be attained if it is made an end in itself, but only as a side effect of self-transcendence.
Viktor E. Frankl
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Viktor E. Frankl
Age: 92 †
Born: 1905
Born: March 26
Died: 1997
Died: September 2
Existential Therapist
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Vienna
Austria
Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl
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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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I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world still may know bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the contemplation of his beloved.
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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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Despair is suffering without meaning.
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Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one's belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one's right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.
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It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future.
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Woe to him who saw no more sense in his life, no aim, no purpose, and therefore no point in carrying on.
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