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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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Mont-Libre
Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer
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The deeper we look into nature, the more we recognize that it is full of life, and the more profoundly we know that all life is a secret and that we are united with all life that is in nature.
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A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him.
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Late on the third day, at the very moment when, at sunset, ..., there flashed upon my mind, unforeseen and unsought, the phrase “Ehrfurcht vor dem Leben” (“reverence for life”).
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...try to tell the people of America about Dr. Gerson's merits and ...results...I wish you the best in your difficult task.
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I must forgive without noise or fuss.
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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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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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One person can and does make a difference.
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If there is anything I have learned about men and women, it is that there is a deeper spirit of altruism than is ever evident. Just as the rivers we see are minor compared to the underground streams, so, too, the idealism that is visible is minor compared to what people carry in their hearts unreleased or scarcely released.
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By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.
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The only ones who will find real happiness are those who find a way to serve
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It doesn't matter if an animal can reason. It matters only that it is capable of suffering and that is why I consider it my neighbor.
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Today . . . we know that all living beings who strive to maintain life and who long to be spared pain - all living beings on earth - are our neighbors.
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In the hearts of people today there is a deep longing for peace. When the true spirit of peace is thoroughly dominant, it becomes an inner experience with unlimited possibilities. Only when this really happens - when the spirit of peace awakens and takes possession of men's hearts, can humanity be saved from perishing.
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The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
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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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Thought is the strongest thing we have.
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The great enemy of morality is indifference.
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At 20 everyone has the face that God gave them, at 40 the face that life gave them, and at 60 the face they earned.
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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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