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Bach is thus a terminal point. Nothing comes from him everything merely leads to him.
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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As we acquire knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.
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The harvested fields bathed in the autumn mist speak of God and his goodness far more vividly than any human lips.
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Open your eyes and look for some man, or some work for the sake of men, which needs a little time, a little friendship, a little sympathy, a little sociability, a little human toil....It is needed in every nook and corner. Therefore search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.
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Any profound view of the world is mysticism. It has, of course, to deal with life and the world, both of which are nonrational entities.
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Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
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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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Where principles and heart stand in conflict with each other, let us make the law of the spirit free from the law of principles.
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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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The elemental fact, present in our consciousness every moment of our existence, is: I am life that wills to live, in the midst of life that wills to live.... The essence of the humane spirit is: Preserve life, promote life, help life to achieve its highest destiny. The essence of Evil is: Destroy life, harm life, hamper the development of life
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We need a boundless ethics which will include animals also.
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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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Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.
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