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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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Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
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If the extension of your compassion does not include all living beings, then you will be unable to find peace by yourself.
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One person can and does make a difference.
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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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In resigning ourselves to our fate without a struggle, we are guilty of inhumanity.
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The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.
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Our degeneration, when it is traced back to its origin in our view of the world really consists in the fact that true optimism has vanished unperceived from our midst.
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It seemed to me a matter of course that we should all take our share of the burden of pain which lies upon the world.
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We must never allow the voice of humanity within us to be silenced. It is humanity's sympathy with all creatures that first makes us truly human.
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There can be no Kingdom of God in the world without the Kingdom of God in our hearts.
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One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.
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