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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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Albert Schweitzer
Age: 90 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 14
Died: 1965
Died: September 4
Composer
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Music Historian
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Philosopher
Physician
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Mont-Libre
Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer
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Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live unreflectively and begins to devote himself to his life with reverence in order to raise it to its true value. To affirm life is to deepen, to make more inward, and to exalt the will.
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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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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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Any profound view of the world is mysticism. It has, of course, to deal with life and the world, both of which are nonrational entities.
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Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. Extract from 'Memories of childhood and youth.'
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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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The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.
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The gratitude that we encounter helps us believe in the goodness of the world, and strengthens us thereby to do what's good.
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By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.
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I do not know what your destiny may be, but I do know this, that not one of you will find the happiness that each of you is seeking until you have first sought and found a way in which to unselfishly serve others.
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Don't let your hearts grow numb. Stay alert. It is your soul which matters.
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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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The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery.
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Hear our humble prayer, O God. Make us, ourselves, to be true friends to the animals.
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Only when an ideal of peace is born in the minds of the peoples will the institutions set up to maintain this peace effectively fulfill the function expected of them.
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We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
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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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