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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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Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer
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Not one of us knows what effect his life produces, and what he gives to others that is hidden from us and must remain so, though we are often allowed to see some little fraction of it, so that we may not lose courage.
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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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Help me to fling my life like a flaming firebrand into the gathering darkness of the world.
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One person can and does make a difference.
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Only an ethical movement can rescue us from barbarism, and the ethical comes into existence only in individuals.
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Ethics is in its unqualified form extended responsibility with regard to everything that has life.
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Soldiers' graves are the greatest preachers of peace.
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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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Reincarnation contains a most comforting explanation of reality by means of which Indian thought surmounts difficulties which baffle the thinkers of Europe.
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The gratitude ascending from man to God is the supreme transaction between earth and heaven.
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What really matters is that we should all of us realize that we are guilty of inhumanity. The horror of this realization should shakes us out of our lethargy so that we can direct our hopes and our intentions to the coming of an era in which war will have no place.
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My view is that we stand up for treating the animals in a considerate way, for completely renouncing the eating of meat and also for speaking out against it. This is what I do myself. And in this way many a one becomes aware of a problem that was put forward so late.
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The demands of Jesus are difficult just because they require us to do something extraordinary. At the same time he asks us to regard these as something usual, ordinary.
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The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery.
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If you truly desire happiness, seek and learn how to serve.
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We need a boundless ethic, one which will include the animals, too. Until we extend the circle of his compassions to all living things, we will not find peace.
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I am life which wants to live admidst of lives that want to live.
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Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.
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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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