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Reverence for life brings us into a spiritual relation with the world which is independent of all knowledge of the universe.
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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A man who possesses a veneration of life will not simply say his prayers. He will throw himself into the battle to preserve life, if for no other reason than that he himself is an extension of life around him.
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The time will come when public opinion will no longer tolerate amusements based on the mistreatment and killing of animals. The time will come, but when? When will we reach the point that hunting, the pleasure in killing animals for sport, will be regarded as a mental aberration?
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Love is the only thing that increases twofold every time it is shared.
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The gratitude ascending from man to God is the supreme transaction between earth and heaven.
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Set a great example. Someone may imitate it.
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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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My life carries its own meaning in itself.
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The only way out of today's misery is for people to become worthy of each other's trust.
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It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man.
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Example is leadership.
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Only through love can we obtain communion with God.
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Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
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Ethics are complete, profound and alive only when addressed to all living beings. Only then are we in spiritual connection with the world. Any philosophy not representing this, not based on the indefinite totality of life, is bound to disappear.
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The thinking man must oppose all cruelties no matter how deeply rooted in tradition or surrounded by a halo.
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The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed is the nourishment the soul requires.
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The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.
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At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
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Truth has not special time of its own. Its hour is now - always and, indeed then most truly, when it seems unsuitable to actual circumstances.
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We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.
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Every person I have known who has been truly happy has learned how to serve others.
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