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My life is my argument.

Albert Schweitzer

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Albert Schweitzer
Age: 90 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 14
Died: 1965
Died: September 4
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Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer
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Jesus no doubt fits his teaching into the late-Jewish messianic dogma. But he does not think dogmatically. He formulates no doctrine. He is far from judging any man's belief by reference to any standard of dogmatic correctness. Nowhere does he demand of his hearers that they shall sacrifice thinking to believing.
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By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.
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Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.
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Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.
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There is no higher religion than human service.
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The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures that come alive in others.
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It is not always granted to the sower to see the harvest.
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I used to suffer particularly because the poor animals must endure so much pain and want. The sight of an old, limping horse being dragged along by one man while another man struck him with a stick he was being driven to the Colmar slaughterhouse - haunted me for weeks.
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In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
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I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.
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Knowing all truth is less than doing a little bit of good.
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The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery.
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In the same way as the tree bears the same fruit year after year, but each time new fruit, all lastingly valuable ideas in thinking must always be reborn.
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The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil.
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Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.
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We all know how important love is, yet how often is it really emoted or exhibited? What so many sick people in this world suffer from-loneliness, boredom and fear-can't be cured with a pill.
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You ask me for a motto. Here it is: SERVICE.
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The fellowship of those who bear the mark of pain: who are the members of this Fellowship? Those who have learnt by experience what physical pain and bodily anguish mean, belong together all the world over they are united by a secret bond.
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Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.
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Because I have confidence in the power of truth and in the spirit, I believe in the future of mankind. Affirmation of the world and of life contains within itself an optimistic willing and hoping which can never be lost. It is, therefore, never afraid to face the dismal reality and to see it as it really is.
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