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Not only is example the best way to teach, it is the only way.
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 must never allow the voice of humanity within us to be silenced. It is humanity's sympathy with all creatures that first makes us truly human.
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We need a boundless ethics which will include animals also.
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My life is my argument.
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Not one of us knows what effect his life produces, and what he gives to others that is hidden from us and must remain so, though we are often allowed to see some little fraction of it, so that we may not lose courage.
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The result of the voyage does not depend on the speed of the ship, but on whether or not it keeps a true course.
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True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness: I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live.
Albert Schweitzer
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
Albert Schweitzer
Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.
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Love is the only thing that increases twofold every time it is shared.
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If you truly desire happiness, seek and learn how to serve.
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It is the fate of every truth to be an object of ridicule when it is first acclaimed.
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At 20 everyone has the face that God gave them, at 40 the face that life gave them, and at 60 the face they earned.
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Seek always to do some good, somewhere... Even if it's a little thing, so something for those that need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.
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Open your eyes and look for some man, or some work for the sake of men, which needs a little time, a little friendship, a little sympathy, a little sociability, a little human toil....It is needed in every nook and corner. Therefore search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.
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Just as white light consists of colored rays, so reverence for life contains all the components of ethics: love, kindliness, sympathy, empathy, peacefulness and power to forgive.
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He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.
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Because I have confidence in the power of truth, and of the spirit, I have confidence in the future of mankind.
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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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In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
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That's my private ant. You're liable to break its legs.
Albert Schweitzer
