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Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.
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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At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
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The harvested fields bathed in the autumn mist speak of God and his goodness far more vividly than any human lips.
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The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics.
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