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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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Let your life be your argument.
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We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.
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Whatever you have received more than others-in health, in talents, in ability, in success, in a pleasant childhood, in harmonious conditions of home life-all this you must not take to yourself as a matter of course. In gratitude for your good fortune, you must remember in return some sacrifice of your own life for another life.
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Because I have confidence in the power of truth and in the spirit, I believe in the future of mankind. Affirmation of the world and of life contains within itself an optimistic willing and hoping which can never be lost. It is, therefore, never afraid to face the dismal reality and to see it as it really is.
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A good example has twice the value of good advice
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The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.
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The greatest living person in the world is some individual who at this very moment has gone in love to help another.
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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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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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The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.
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Ideals are thoughts. So long as they exist merely as thoughts, the power in them remains ineffective.
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Soldiers' graves are the greatest preachers of peace.
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A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.
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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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I too had thoughts once of being an intellectual, but I found it too difficult.
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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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To me, good health is more than just exercise and diet. Its really a point of view and a mental attitude you have about yourself.
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We all owe to others much of the gentleness and wisdom that we have made our own and we may well ask ourselves what will others owe to us
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Faith which refuses to face indisputable facts is but little faith. Truth is always gain, however hard it is to accommodate ourselves to it. To linger in any kind of untruth proves to be a departure from the straight way of faith.
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As we acquire knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.
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