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The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics.
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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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 most difficult thing I have ever had to do is follow the guidance I prayed for.
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At that point in life where your talent meets the needs of the world, that is where God wants you to be.
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