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Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.Albert Schweitzer
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There are two means of refuge from the misery of life – music and cats.Albert Schweitzer
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Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.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.Albert Schweitzer
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True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness: 'I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to liveAlbert Schweitzer
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It's not enough merely to exist. Every man has to seek in his own way to make his own self more noble and to relize his own true worth.Albert Schweitzer
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Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.Albert Schweitzer
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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.Albert Schweitzer
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I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.Albert Schweitzer
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Das Glück ist das einzige, das sich verdoppelt, wenn man es teilt.Albert Schweitzer
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He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.Albert Schweitzer
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There are only three ways to teach a child. The first is by example, the second is by example, the third is by example.Albert Schweitzer
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O heavenly Father, protect and bless all thingsthat have breath: guard themfrom all evil and let them sleep in peace.Albert Schweitzer
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Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.Albert Schweitzer
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Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.Albert Schweitzer
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Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.Albert Schweitzer
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Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.Albert Schweitzer
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Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that we are transported from the world of unrest to a world of peace, and see reality in a new way, as if we were sitting by a mountain lake and contemplating hills and woods and clouds in the tranquil and fathomless water.Albert Schweitzer
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The Jesus of Nazareth who came forward publicly as the Messiah...and died to give his work its final consecration never existed. ["Modern Christian Thought: The twentieth century, Volume 2" by James C. Livingston, Francis Schüssler Fiorenza, p.13]Albert Schweitzer
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We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as much as we do. True humanity does not allow us to impose such sufferings on them. It is our duty to make the whole world recognize it. Until we extend our circle of compassion to all living things, humanity will not find peace.Albert Schweitzer