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One should not search for an abstract meaning of life ... life can be made meaningful in a threefold way: first, through what we give to life ... second, by what we take from the world ... third, through the stand we take toward a fate we no longer can change.
-Viktor E. Frankl
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One Should Not Search For An Abstract

Viktor E. Frankl
One should not search for an abstract meaning of life ... life can be made meaningful in a threefold way: first, through what we give to life ... second, by what we take from the world ... third, through the stand we take toward a fate we no longer can change.
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