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Creative energy is the essence of all healing...We physicians do nothing, we only help and encourage the physician within.

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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At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
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I am life which wants to live admidst of lives that want to live.
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The most difficult thing I have ever had to do is follow the guidance I prayed for.
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Ethics are complete, profound and alive only when addressed to all living beings. Only then are we in spiritual connection with the world. Any philosophy not representing this, not based on the indefinite totality of life, is bound to disappear.
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The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used to failing.
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Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it.
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If you truly desire happiness, seek and learn how to serve.
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God much are the truly wealthy. So our inner happiness depends not on what we experience but on the degree of our gratitude to God, Gratitude — the Secret of Life.
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Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.
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We all know how important love is, yet how often is it really emoted or exhibited? What so many sick people in this world suffer from-loneliness, boredom and fear-can't be cured with a pill.
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