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Thought is the strongest thing we have.
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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Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.
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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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Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.
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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 path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.
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Therapy is the boat across the river, but most don't want to get off. Don't blame, forgive, All healing is self-healing
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The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil.
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In the same way as the tree bears the same fruit year after year, but each time new fruit, all lastingly valuable ideas in thinking must always be reborn.
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All people are endowed with the faculty of compassion, and for this reason can develop the humanitarian spirit.
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A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.
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Jesus means something to our world because a mighty spiritual force streams forth from him and flows through our being also. This fact can neither be shaken nor confirmed by any historical discovery. It is the solid foundation of Christianity.
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Those who experiment on animals should never be able to quiet their own conscience by telling themselves that these cruelties have a worthy aim.
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Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
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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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Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.
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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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Ideals are thoughts. So long as they exist merely as thoughts, the power in them remains ineffective.
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Sincerity is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Every start on an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances looks sensible and likely to succeed.
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The destiny of man is to be more and more human.
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