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Never for a moment do we lay aside our mistrust of the ideals established by society, and of the convictions which are kept by it in circulation. We always know that society is full of folly and will deceive us in the matter of humanity. ... humanity meaning consideration for the existence and the happiness of individual human beings.

Albert Schweitzer

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Albert Schweitzer
Age: 90 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 14
Died: 1965
Died: September 4
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Reverence for life brings us into a spiritual relation with the world which is independent of all knowledge of the universe.
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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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The destiny of man is to be more and more human.
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The disastrous feature of our civilization is that it is far more developed materially than spiritually. Its balance is disturbed.
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Our degeneration, when it is traced back to its origin in our view of the world really consists in the fact that true optimism has vanished unperceived from our midst.
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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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Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.
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