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The destiny of man is to be more and more human.

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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Love . . . includes fellowship in suffering, in joy and in effort.
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An idea is, in the end, always stronger than circumstances.
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It seemed to me a matter of course that we should all take our share of the burden of pain which lies upon the world.
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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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Cold completely introspective logic places a philosopher on the road to the abstract. Out of this empty, artificial act of thinking there can result, of course, nothing which bears on the relation of man to himself, and to the universe.
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The only ones who will find real happiness are those who find a way to serve
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I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.
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Good is that which promotes life, evil is that which destroys life
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The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.
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Aim for service and success will follow!
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I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live.
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He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.
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Profound love demands a deep conception and out of this develops reverence for the mystery of life. It brings us close to all beings, to the poorest and smallest as well as all others.
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Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.
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Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.
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We need a boundless ethic, one which will include the animals, too. Until we extend the circle of his compassions to all living things, we will not find peace.
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Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.
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You must learn to understand the secret of gratitude. It is more than just so-called virtue. It is revealed to you as a mysterious law of existence. In obedience to it we have to fulfill our destiny.
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