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To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
Albert Schweitzer
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Albert Schweitzer
Age: 90 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 14
Died: 1965
Died: September 4
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Profound love demands a deep conception and out of this develops reverence for the mystery of life. It brings us close to all beings, to the poorest and smallest as well as all others.
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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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We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government.
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I look back upon my youth and realize how so many people gave me help, understanding, courage - very important things to me - and they never knew it. They entered into my life and became powers within me.
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A heavy guilt rests upon us for what the whites of all nations have done to the colored peoples. When we do good to them, it is not benevolence--it is atonement.
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It seemed incredible to me, that physical courage should be so commonplace and revered, while moral courage . . . is so rare and despised.
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Don't let your hearts grow numb. Stay alert. It is your soul which matters.
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Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.
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Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. Remember, you don't live in a world all of your own
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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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All the kindness which a man puts out into the world works on the heart and thoughts of mankind.
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If you own something you cannot give away, then you don't own it, it owns you.
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The stronger the reverence for natural life, the stronger grows also that for spiritual life.
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Reverence for life, veneratio vitæ, is the most direct and at the same time the profoundest achievement of my will-to-live.
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It is not always granted to the sower to see the harvest.
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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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Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.
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Don't blame, forgive, All healing is self-healing
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