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I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live.
Albert Schweitzer
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Albert Schweitzer
Age: 90 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 14
Died: 1965
Died: September 4
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Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.
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A thinking man feels compelled to approach all life with the same reverence he has for his own.
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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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Kindness works simply and perseveringly it produces no strained relations which prejudice its working strained relations which already exist it relaxes. Mistrust and misunderstanding it puts to flight, and it strengthens itself by calling forth answering kindness. Hence it is the furthest reaching and the most effective of all forces.
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The fellowship of those who bear the mark of pain: who are the members of this Fellowship? Those who have learnt by experience what physical pain and bodily anguish mean, belong together all the world over they are united by a secret bond.
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Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.
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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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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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I too had thoughts once of being an intellectual, but I found it too difficult.
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Not less strong than the will to truth must be the will to sincerity. Only an age, which can show the courage of sincerity, can possess truth, which works as a spiritual force within it.
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Good is that which promotes life, evil is that which destroys life
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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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All art speaks in signs and symbols. No one can explain how it happens that the artist can waken to life in us the existence that he has seen and lives through. No artistic speech is the adequate expression of what it represents its vital force comes from what is unspoken in it.
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You ask me for a motto. Here it is: SERVICE.
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By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.
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God much are the truly wealthy. So our inner happiness depends not on what we experience but on the degree of our gratitude to God, Gratitude — the Secret of Life.
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Let your life be your argument.
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The gratitude ascending from man to God is the supreme transaction between earth and heaven.
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Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.
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