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Good is that which promotes life, evil is that which destroys life
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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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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It seemed incredible to me, that physical courage should be so commonplace and revered, while moral courage . . . is so rare and despised.
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The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.
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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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What the activity of this disposition of ours means in the evolution of the world, we do not know. Nor can we regulate this activity from outside we must leave entirely to each individual its shaping and its extension. From every point of view, then, world- and life-affirmation and ethics are non-rational, and we must have the courage to admit it.
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Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
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Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.
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Love . . . includes fellowship in suffering, in joy and in effort.
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The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery.
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I used to suffer particularly because the poor animals must endure so much pain and want. The sight of an old, limping horse being dragged along by one man while another man struck him with a stick he was being driven to the Colmar slaughterhouse - haunted me for weeks.
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We all owe to others much of the gentleness and wisdom that we have made our own and we may well ask ourselves what will others owe to us
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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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If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
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A thinking man feels compelled to approach all life with the same reverence he has for his own.
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In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
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We need a boundless ethics which will include animals also.
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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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Creative energy is the essence of all healing...We physicians do nothing, we only help and encourage the physician within.
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Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.
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To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
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