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Albert Schweitzer
Age: 90 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 14
Died: 1965
Died: September 4
Composer
Missionary
Music Historian
Musicologist
Organist
Philosopher
Physician
Physician Writer
Theologian
University Teacher
Mont-Libre
Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer
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Success

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Jesus as a concrete historical personality remains a stranger to our time, but His spirit, which lies hidden in His words, is known in simplicity, and its influence is direct.
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Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.
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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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Sincerity is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal.
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Affirmation of the world, which means affirmation of the will-to-live that manifests itself around me, is only possible if I devote myself to other life.
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The city of truth cannot be built on the swampy ground of skepticism.
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Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that we are transported from the world of unrest to a world of peace, and see reality in a new way, as if we were sitting by a mountain lake and contemplating hills and woods and clouds in the tranquil and fathomless water.
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If you are called upon to play a church service, it is a greater honor than if you were to play a concert on the finest organ in the world... Thank God each time when you are privileged to sit before the organ console and assist in the worship of the Almighty.
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Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.
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The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
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Only an ethical movement can rescue us from barbarism, and the ethical comes into existence only in individuals.
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One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
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Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.
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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 gratitude ascending from man to God is the supreme transaction between earth and heaven.
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I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live.
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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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For those who sincerely seek the truth should not fear the outcome.
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Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.
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