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I decided that I would make my life my argument.

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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Do not lose heart, even if you must wait a bit before finding the right thing. Be prepared for disappointment also, but do not abandon the quest.
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He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.
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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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The ethic of Reverence for Life is the ethic of Love widened into universality.
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I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.
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We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government.
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I do not believe that we can put into anyone ideas which are not in him already. As a rule there are in everyone all sorts of good ideas, ready like tinder. But much of this tinder catches fire, or catches it successfully, only when it meets some flame or spark from outside, i.e., from some other person.
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There can be no Kingdom of God in the world without the Kingdom of God in our hearts.
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The disastrous feature of our civilization is that it is far more developed materially than spiritually. Its balance is disturbed.
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Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.
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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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