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Albert Schweitzer Inspirational Quotes (313)

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Aim for service and success will follow!
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Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself.
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What we call love is in its essence reverence for life.
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In the past we have tried to make a distinction between animals which we acknowledge have some value and other which, having none, can be liquidated when we wish. This standard must be abandoned. Everything that lives has value simply as a living thing, as one of the manifestations of the mystery that is life.
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The stronger the reverence for natural life, the stronger grows also that for spiritual life.
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I do not believe that we can put into anyone ideas which are not in him already. As a rule there are in everyone all sorts of good ideas, ready like tinder. But much of this tinder catches fire, or catches it successfully, only when it meets some flame or spark from outside, i.e., from some other person.
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Bach is thus a terminal point. Nothing comes from him everything merely leads to him.
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Let us rejoice in the truth, wherever we find its lamp burning.
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The gratitude ascending from man to God is the supreme transaction between earth and heaven.
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Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.
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Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.
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Love is the only thing that increases twofold every time it is shared.
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When people have light in themselves, it will shine out from them. Then we get to know each other as we walk together in the darkness, without needing to pass our hands over each other's faces, or to intrude into each other's hearts.
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It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man.
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My life carries its own meaning in itself.
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The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used to failing.
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The thinking (person) must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another.
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When we observe contemporary society one thing strikes us. We debate but make no progress. Why? Because as peoples we do not yet trust each other.
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Ideals are thoughts. So long as they exist merely as thoughts, the power in them remains ineffective.
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By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.
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Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed.
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Reverence for life brings us into a spiritual relation with the world which is independent of all knowledge of the universe.
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The witch doctor succeeds for the same reason all the rest of us succeed. Each patient carries his or her own doctor inside him or her. They come to us not knowing that truth. We are at our best when we give the doctor who resides within each patient a chance to go to work.
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He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.
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