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Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.
Albert Schweitzer
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Albert Schweitzer
Age: 90 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 14
Died: 1965
Died: September 4
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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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A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.
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Mysticism occurs whenever a human being sees the separation between the natural and the supernatural, between the temporal and the eternal, as overcome.
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The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used to failing.
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The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil.
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Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
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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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The most difficult thing I have ever had to do is follow the guidance I prayed for.
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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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There is much coldness among men because we do not dare to be as cordial as we really are.
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Never for a moment do we lay aside our mistrust of the ideals established by society, and of the convictions which are kept by it in circulation. We always know that society is full of folly and will deceive us in the matter of humanity. ... humanity meaning consideration for the existence and the happiness of individual human beings.
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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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Profound love demands a deep conception and out of this develops reverence for the mystery of life. It brings us close to all beings, to the poorest and smallest as well as all others.
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In resigning ourselves to our fate without a struggle, we are guilty of inhumanity.
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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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In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
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Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
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I too had thoughts once of being an intellectual, but I found it too difficult.
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All work that is worth anything is done in faith.
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