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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.

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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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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The thinking man must oppose all cruelties no matter how deeply rooted in tradition or surrounded by a halo.
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The gratitude ascending from man to God is the supreme transaction between earth and heaven.
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Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.
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