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Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal.

Albert Schweitzer

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Albert Schweitzer
Age: 90 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 14
Died: 1965
Died: September 4
Composer
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Music Historian
Musicologist
Organist
Philosopher
Physician
Physician Writer
Theologian
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Mont-Libre
Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer
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Does my behavior in respect of love affect nothing? That is because there is not enough love in me.
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Preservation of life is the only true joy.
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The last fact which knowledge can discover is that the world is a manifestation, and in every way a puzzling manifestation, of the universal will to live.
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In case my life should end with the cannibals, I hope they will write on my tombstone, 'We have eaten Dr. Schweitzer. He was good to the end.'
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There is much coldness among men because we do not dare to be as cordial as we really are.
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Because I have confidence in the power of truth, and of the spirit, I have confidence in the future of mankind.
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There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.
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Jesus as a concrete historical personality remains a stranger to our time, but His spirit, which lies hidden in His words, is known in simplicity, and its influence is direct.
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Good is that which promotes life, evil is that which destroys life
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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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For us the great men are not those who solved the problems, but those whodiscovered them.
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I look back upon my youth and realize how so many people gave me help, understanding, courage - very important things to me - and they never knew it. They entered into my life and became powers within me.
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Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.
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Not only is example the best way to teach, it is the only way.
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Open your eyes and look for some man, or some work for the sake of men, which needs a little time, a little friendship, a little sympathy, a little sociability, a little human toil....It is needed in every nook and corner. Therefore search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.
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Affirmation of the world, which means affirmation of the will-to-live that manifests itself around me, is only possible if I devote myself to other life.
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Animal protection is education to the humanity.
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The doctor of the future will be oneself.
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Most men are scantily nourished on a modicum of happiness and a number of empty thoughts which life lays on their plates. They are kept in the road of life through stern necessity by elemental duties which they cannot avoid.
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