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Victor Frankl on the Meaning of Life

Man's Search for Meaning (Washington Square Press: 1963), p. 172.

Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.