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Love is the only thing that increases twofold every time it is shared.
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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We ought all to make an effort to act on our first thoughts and let our unspoken gratitude find expression. Then there will be more sunshine in the world, and more power to work for what is good.
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For us the great men are not those who solved the problems, but those whodiscovered them.
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Think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flames within us.
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He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.
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If there is anything I have learned about men and women, it is that there is a deeper spirit of altruism than is ever evident. Just as the rivers we see are minor compared to the underground streams, so, too, the idealism that is visible is minor compared to what people carry in their hearts unreleased or scarcely released.
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Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself.
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I am certain and have always stressed that the destination of mankind is to become more and more humane. The ideal of humanity has to be revived.
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Man's ethics must not end with man, but should extend to the universe. He must regain the consciousness of the great Chain of Life from which he cannot be separated.
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It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man.
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The only ones who will find real happiness are those who find a way to serve
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The ethic of Reverence for Life is the ethic of Love widened into universality.
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We all owe to others much of the gentleness and wisdom that we have made our own and we may well ask ourselves what will others owe to us
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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 African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.
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You must learn to understand the secret of gratitude. It is more than just so-called virtue. It is revealed to you as a mysterious law of existence. In obedience to it we have to fulfill our destiny.
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I look back upon my youth and realize how so many people gave me help, understanding, courage - very important things to me - and they never knew it. They entered into my life and became powers within me.
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Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.
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Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.
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Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice
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It is not enough to merely exist. It's not enough to say, 'I'm earning enough to live and support my family. I do my work well. I'm a good parent.' That's all very well. But you must do something more.
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