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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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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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There is much coldness among men because we do not dare to be as cordial as we really are.
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For us the great men are not those who solved the problems, but those whodiscovered them.
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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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An idea is, in the end, always stronger than circumstances.
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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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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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One person can and does make a difference.
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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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I always think that we live, spiritually, By what others have given us in the significant hours of our life. These significant hours do not announce themselves as coming, but arrive unexpected.
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Grow into your ideals so that life cannot rob you of them.
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Sincerity is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Late on the third day, at the very moment when, at sunset, ..., there flashed upon my mind, unforeseen and unsought, the phrase “Ehrfurcht vor dem Leben” (“reverence for life”).
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Every person I have known who has been truly happy has learned how to serve others.
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I see in him (Dr. Max Gerson) one of the most eminent medical geniuses in the history of medicine...he was greatly impeded by adverse political conditions.
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A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.
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Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. Remember, you don't live in a world all of your own
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The friend of nature is the man who feels himself inwardly united with everything that lives in nature, who shares in the fate of all creatures, helps them when he can in their pain and need, and as far as possible avoids injuring or taking life.
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The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used to failing.
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