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Albert Schweitzer Inspirational Quotes (313)

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In case my life should end with the cannibals, I hope they will write on my tombstone, 'We have eaten Dr. Schweitzer. He was good to the end.'
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If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
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The greatest living person in the world is some individual who at this very moment has gone in love to help another.
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The greatest thing is to give thanks for everything. He who has learned this knows what it means to live. He has penetrated the whole mystery of life: giving thanks for everything.
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The demands of Jesus are difficult just because they require us to do something extraordinary. At the same time he asks us to regard these as something usual, ordinary.
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The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.
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The three most important ways to lead people are:... by example... by example... by example.
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The result of the voyage does not depend on the speed of the ship, but on whether or not it keeps a true course.
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I am conscious that meat eatingis not in accordance with the finer feelings,and I abstain from it whenever I can.
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Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.
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The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.
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It is through the idealism of youth that man catches sight of truth, and in that idealism he possesses a wealth which he must never exchange for anything else.
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Within every patient there resides a doctor, and we as physicians are at our best when we we put our patients in touch with the doctor inside themselves.
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The thinking man must oppose all cruelties no matter how deeply rooted in tradition or surrounded by a halo.
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Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.
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As we acquire knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.
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Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.
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It's supposed to be a secret, but I'll tell you anyway. We doctors do nothing. We only help. And encourage the doctor within.
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The spirit of the age is filled with the disdain for thinking.
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The Christ of Theology is not alive for us today. He is wrapped in the grave cloths of dogma.
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Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.
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If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.
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Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. Extract from 'Memories of childhood and youth.'
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Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
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