“We cannot give meaning to the life of others.”

— Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning (1997)

About Viktor Frankl

1905 – 1997

Austrian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor who founded logotherapy. His memoir 'Man's Search for Meaning' is one of the most widely read books in the world.

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