Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone… — Viktor Frankl · Skopia

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Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.

Man's Search for Meaning · 1946

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Frankl, Victor. Man's Search for Meaning. Beacon Press, 2006.

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Frankl, Victor. …trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen: Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager [Man's Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy]. Verlag für Jugend und Volk, 1946.

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