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I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words.
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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The man who has become a thinking being feels a compulsion to give every will-to-live the same reverence for life that he gives to his own. He experiences that other life in his own.
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An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.
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That's my private ant. You're liable to break its legs.
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The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions.
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Ethics are complete, profound and alive only when addressed to all living beings. Only then are we in spiritual connection with the world. Any philosophy not representing this, not based on the indefinite totality of life, is bound to disappear.
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Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.
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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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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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The the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hope are optimistic.
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As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.
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We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government. 'Am I my brother's keeper?' Most certainly I am! I cannot escape my responsibility by saying the State will do all that is necessary. It is a tragedy that nowadays so many think and feel otherwise.
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Every start on an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances looks sensible and likely to succeed.
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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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If you own something you cannot give away, then you don't own it, it owns you.
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Love ... is a living reality.
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Nature compels us to recognize the fact of mutual dependence, each life necessarily helping the other lives who are linked to it. In the very fibers of our being, we bear within ourselves the fact of the solidarity of life.
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All work that is worth anything is done in faith.
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Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.
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Renunciation of thinking is a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy.
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We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as much as we do. True humanity does not allow us to impose such sufferings on them. It is our duty to make the whole world recognize it. Until we extend our circle of compassion to all living things, humanity will not find peace.
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