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I too had thoughts once of being an intellectual, but I found it too difficult.

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Albert Schweitzer
Age: 90 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 14
Died: 1965
Died: September 4
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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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When man learns to respect even the smallest being of creation...nobody has to teach him to love his fellow man. Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.
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Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.
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I must forgive without noise or fuss.
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Don't let your hearts grow numb. Stay alert. It is your soul which matters.
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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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Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them.
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Not less strong than the will to truth must be the will to sincerity. Only an age, which can show the courage of sincerity, can possess truth, which works as a spiritual force within it.
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An idea is, in the end, always stronger than circumstances.
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Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.
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There can be no Kingdom of God in the world without the Kingdom of God in our hearts.
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Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
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I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
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The stronger the reverence for natural life, the stronger grows also that for spiritual life.
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A heavy guilt rests upon us for what the whites of all nations have done to the colored peoples. When we do good to them, it is not benevolence--it is atonement.
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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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Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.
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Do not lose heart, even if you must wait a bit before finding the right thing. Be prepared for disappointment also, but do not abandon the quest.
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As we acquire knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.
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The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures that come alive in others.
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Thinking about death... produces love for life. When we are familiar with death, we accept each week, each day, as a gift. Only if we are able thus to accept life bit by bit does it become precious.
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