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Reverence for life, veneratio vitæ, is the most direct and at the same time the profoundest achievement of my will-to-live.

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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Grow into your ideals so that life cannot rob you of them.
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We are united with all life that is in nature. Man can no longer live his life for himself alone.
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I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words.
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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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Those who experiment on animals should never be able to quiet their own conscience by telling themselves that these cruelties have a worthy aim.
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If there is anything I have learned about men and women, it is that there is a deeper spirit of altruism than is ever evident. Just as the rivers we see are minor compared to the underground streams, so, too, the idealism that is visible is minor compared to what people carry in their hearts unreleased or scarcely released.
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Only when an ideal of peace is born in the minds of the peoples will the institutions set up to maintain this peace effectively fulfill the function expected of them.
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At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
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Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that we are transported from the world of unrest to a world of peace, and see reality in a new way, as if we were sitting by a mountain lake and contemplating hills and woods and clouds in the tranquil and fathomless water.
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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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Knowing all truth is less than doing a little bit of good.
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Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself.
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Therapy is the boat across the river, but most don't want to get off. Don't blame, forgive, All healing is self-healing
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In resigning ourselves to our fate without a struggle, we are guilty of inhumanity.
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What we call love is in its essence reverence for life.
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Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.
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Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.
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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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Love is the only thing that increases twofold every time it is shared.
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