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The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery.

Albert Schweitzer

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Albert Schweitzer
Age: 90 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 14
Died: 1965
Died: September 4
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Philosopher
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Mont-Libre
Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer
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A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.
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As we acquire knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.
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Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.
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Help me to fling my life like a flaming firebrand into the gathering darkness of the world.
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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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By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive.
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The great secret of success is to go through life as a person who never gets used up. That is possible for those who never argue and strive with people and facts, but in all experience retires upon themselves, and look for the ultimate cause of things in themselves.
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Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.
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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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We need a boundless ethic, one which will include the animals, too. Until we extend the circle of his compassions to all living things, we will not find peace.
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The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.
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For those who sincerely seek the truth should not fear the outcome.
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Be faithful to your love and you mill be recompensed beyond measure.
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We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as much as we do. True humanity does not allow us to impose such sufferings on them. It is our duty to make the whole world recognize it. Until we extend our circle of compassion to all living things, humanity will not find peace.
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My life is full of meaning to me. The life around me must be full of significance to itself. If I am to expect others to respect my life, then I must respect the other life I see.
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When we observe contemporary society one thing strikes us. We debate but make no progress. Why? Because as peoples we do not yet trust each other.
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The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.
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You ask me for a motto. Here it is: SERVICE.
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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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The elemental fact, present in our consciousness every moment of our existence, is: I am life that wills to live, in the midst of life that wills to live.... The essence of the humane spirit is: Preserve life, promote life, help life to achieve its highest destiny. The essence of Evil is: Destroy life, harm life, hamper the development of life
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