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He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.
Albert Schweitzer
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Albert Schweitzer
Age: 90 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 14
Died: 1965
Died: September 4
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Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.
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Love . . . includes fellowship in suffering, in joy and in effort.
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Because I have confidence in the power of truth and in the spirit, I believe in the future of mankind. Affirmation of the world and of life contains within itself an optimistic willing and hoping which can never be lost. It is, therefore, never afraid to face the dismal reality and to see it as it really is.
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That's my private ant. You're liable to break its legs.
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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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I am life which wants to live admidst of lives that want to live.
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I am certain and have always stressed that the destination of mankind is to become more and more humane. The ideal of humanity has to be revived.
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The Christ of Theology is not alive for us today. He is wrapped in the grave cloths of dogma.
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Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.
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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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If you truly desire happiness, seek and learn how to serve.
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Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.
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What the activity of this disposition of ours means in the evolution of the world, we do not know. Nor can we regulate this activity from outside we must leave entirely to each individual its shaping and its extension. From every point of view, then, world- and life-affirmation and ethics are non-rational, and we must have the courage to admit it.
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It is not enough to merely exist. It's not enough to say, 'I'm earning enough to live and support my family. I do my work well. I'm a good parent.' That's all very well. But you must do something more.
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Who shall enumerate the many ways in which that costly piece of fixed capital, a human being , may be employed! More of him is wanted everywhere! Hunt, then, for some situation in which your humanity may be used.
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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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