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It is not always granted to the sower to see the harvest.

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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The greatest thing is to give thanks for everything. He who has learned this knows what it means to live. He has penetrated the whole mystery of life: giving thanks for everything.
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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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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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In the same way as the tree bears the same fruit year after year, but each time new fruit, all lastingly valuable ideas in thinking must always be reborn.
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Do something good and someone might imitate it.
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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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Thought is the strongest thing we have.
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Grow into your ideals so that life cannot rob you of them.
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Every start on an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances looks sensible and likely to succeed.
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Set a great example. Someone may imitate it.
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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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In the past we have tried to make a distinction between animals which we acknowledge have some value and other which, having none, can be liquidated when we wish. This standard must be abandoned. Everything that lives has value simply as a living thing, as one of the manifestations of the mystery that is life.
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A good example has twice the value of good advice
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By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.
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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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The disastrous feature of our civilization is that it is far more developed materially than spiritually. Its balance is disturbed.
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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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In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
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Renunciation of thinking is a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy.
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Jesus means something to our world because a mighty spiritual force streams forth from him and flows through our being also. This fact can neither be shaken nor confirmed by any historical discovery. It is the solid foundation of Christianity.
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