Origin of Why Quotes

“The answer Frankl found was that “those who were oriented toward the future, toward a meaning that waited to be fulfilled—these persons were more likely to survive.” Similar answers were found in studies done on concentration camp survivors in Japan and Korea. We see it also in Louis Zamperini’s survival story at sea in WWII as told by Laura Hillenbrand in Unbroken. Frankl would go on to say, “A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the ‘why’ for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any ‘how’.”
― Vito Grigorov, Origin of Why: The Proven Purpose and Meaning of Life