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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.

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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Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.
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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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The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.
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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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Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.
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At that point in life where your talent meets the needs of the world, that is where God wants you to be.
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It seemed incredible to me, that physical courage should be so commonplace and revered, while moral courage . . . is so rare and despised.
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The gratitude that we encounter helps us believe in the goodness of the world, and strengthens us thereby to do what's good.
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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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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.
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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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