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Albert Schweitzer
Age: 90 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 14
Died: 1965
Died: September 4
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Mont-Libre
Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer
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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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The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures that come alive in others.
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The last fact which knowledge can discover is that the world is a manifestation, and in every way a puzzling manifestation, of the universal will to live.
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I decided that I would make my life my argument.
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Thinking about death... produces love for life. When we are familiar with death, we accept each week, each day, as a gift. Only if we are able thus to accept life bit by bit does it become precious.
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Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.
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We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger.
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The spirit of the age is filled with the disdain for thinking.
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The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.
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When man learns to respect even the smallest being of creation...nobody has to teach him to love his fellow man. Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.
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When people have light in themselves, it will shine out from them. Then we get to know each other as we walk together in the darkness, without needing to pass our hands over each other's faces, or to intrude into each other's hearts.
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You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.
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Let your life be your argument.
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Renunciation of thinking is a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy.
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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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At that point in life where your talent meets the needs of the world, that is where God wants you to be.
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Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.
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Sincerity is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live.
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There is much coldness among men because we do not dare to be as cordial as we really are.
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