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Mysticism occurs whenever a human being sees the separation between the natural and the supernatural, between the temporal and the eternal, as overcome.
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 three most important ways to lead people are:... by example... by example... by example.
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If the extension of your compassion does not include all living beings, then you will be unable to find peace by yourself.
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Reincarnation contains a most comforting explanation of reality by means of which Indian thought surmounts difficulties which baffle the thinkers of Europe.
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We must all die. But that I can save him from days of torture, that is what I feel as my great and ever new privilege. Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself.
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O heavenly Father, protect and bless all things that have breath: guard them from all evil and let them sleep in peace.
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The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.
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Your soul suffers if you live superficially.
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In resigning ourselves to our fate without a struggle, we are guilty of inhumanity.
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