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Love . . . includes fellowship in suffering, in joy and in effort.

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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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He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.
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The quiet conscience is the invention of the devil. No one of us may permit any preventable pain to be inflicted even though the responsibility for that pain is not ours. No one may shut his eyes and think that the pain which is therefore not visible, is non-existent.
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Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they even roll a few more on it. A strength which becomes clearer and stronger through experiences of such obstacles is the only strength that can conquer them. Resistance is only a waste of strength.
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Let us rejoice in the truth, wherever we find its lamp burning.
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The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
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The the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hope are optimistic.
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Think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flames within us.
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When people have light in themselves, it will shine out from them. Then we get to know each other as we walk together in the darkness, without needing to pass our hands over each other's faces, or to intrude into each other's hearts.
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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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All people are endowed with the faculty of compassion, and for this reason can develop the humanitarian spirit.
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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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There is no higher religion than human service.
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The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.
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We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.
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Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of worthless human lives.
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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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I am conscious that meat eatingis not in accordance with the finer feelings,and I abstain from it whenever I can.
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We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as much as we do. True humanity does not allow us to impose such sufferings on them. It is our duty to make the whole world recognize it. Until we extend our circle of compassion to all living things, humanity will not find peace.
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I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.
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Does my behavior in respect of love affect nothing? That is because there is not enough love in me.
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