“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.”
Viktor Frankl, M.D., Ph.D., (1905 – 1997) Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist.
Viktor Frankl is the author of Man’s Search for Meaning, which chronicles his experiences as a concentration camp inmate at Auschwitz in WW2 and describes his psychotherapeutic method of finding meaning in all forms of existence, even the most sordid ones, and thus a reason to continue living.
Viktor Frankl is one of the key figures in existential therapy.