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French-Gabonese physician, Birth: 14-1-1875, Death: 4-9-1965 Albert Schweitzer Quotes
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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

Fulfillment is the basis for achievement; joyfulness unlocks triumph. If you take pleasure in your labors, you will be victorious.
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In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
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An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.
Albert Schweitzer

An optimist is a person who finds opportunity in every circumstance, while a pessimist perceives only limitation... the truly wise individual is impartial.
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The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
Albert Schweitzer

The raison d'etre of human life is to render assistance, and demonstrate kindness and a willingness to aid others.
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Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.
Albert Schweitzer

Ultimately, all will be resolved. Until then, relish the chaos, savor the instants, and understand THAT WHICH OCCURS IS DESTINED TO BE.
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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.
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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 will have sought and found how to serve.
Albert Schweitzer

I cannot prophesy what your fate will be, but this much I can guarantee: the most fulfilled among you shall be those who have searched for and discovered how to contribute.
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Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. Remember, you don't live in a world all of your own
Albert Schweitzer

Quote Topics by Albert Schweitzer: Men Animal Life Spiritual Thinking Inspirational World Jesus Gratitude Heart Compassion Pain Giving Love Kindness Way Motivational Views Responsibility Profound Nature People Mean Doctors Humanity May Believe Doe Needs Happiness
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Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.
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Any belief system or ideology which does not uphold the sanctity of life is not authentic.
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There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.
Albert Schweitzer

There are two havens from the tribulations of life: melodiousness and felines.
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Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.
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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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For animals that are overworked, underfed, and cruelly treated; for all wistful creatures in captivity that beat their wings against bars; for any that are hunted or lost or deserted or frightened or hungry; for all that must be put to death...and for those who deal with them we ask a heart of compassion and gentle hands and kindly words.
Albert Schweitzer

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The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
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If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Albert Schweitzer

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If you own something you cannot give away, then you don't own it, it owns you.
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Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
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The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.
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Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
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Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.
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Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
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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The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery. Neither knowledge nor hope for the future can be the pivot of our life or determine its direction. It is intended to be solely determined by our allowing ourselves to be gripped by the ethical God, who reveals Himself in us, and by our yielding our will to His.
Albert Schweitzer

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There can be no Kingdom of God in the world without the Kingdom of God in our hearts.
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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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Even if it is a little thing, do something for those who have need of help.
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To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kindness that stands behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.
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I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.
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Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it.
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Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
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Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
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By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive.
Albert Schweitzer

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Think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flames within us.
Albert Schweitzer

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Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. The roots of cruelty, therefore, are not so much strong as widespread. But the time must come when inhumanity protected by custom and thoughtlessness will succumb before humanity championed by thought. Let us work that this time may come.
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The fundamental rights of [humanity] are, first: the right of habitation; second, the right to move freely; third, the right to the soil and subsoil, and to the use of it; fourth, the right of freedom of labor and of exchange; fifth, the right to justice; sixth, the right to live within a natural national organization; and seventh, the right to education.
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The study of the Life of Jesus has had a curious history. It set out in quest of the historical Jesus, believing that when it had found Him it could bring Him straight into our time as a Teacher and Saviour. ... But He does not stay; He passes by our time and returns to His own... He returned to His own time, not owing to the application of any historical ingenuity, but by the same inevitable necessity by which the liberated pendulum returns to its original position.
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Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
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Just as white light consists of colored rays, so reverence for life contains all the components of ethics: love, kindliness, sympathy, empathy, peacefulness and power to forgive.
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The result of the voyage does not depend on the speed of the ship, but on whether or not it keeps a true course.
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The three most important ways to lead people are:... by example... by example... by example.
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We must never allow the voice of humanity within us to be silenced. It is humanity's sympathy with all creatures that first makes us truly human.
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The elemental fact, present in our consciousness every moment of our existence, is: I am life that wills to live, in the midst of life that wills to live.... The essence of the humane spirit is: Preserve life, promote life, help life to achieve its highest destiny. The essence of Evil is: Destroy life, harm life, hamper the development of life
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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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Nature compels us to recognize the fact of mutual dependence, each life necessarily helping the other lives who are linked to it. In the very fibers of our being, we bear within ourselves the fact of the solidarity of life.
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Open your eyes and look for some man, or some work for the sake of men, which needs a little time, a little friendship, a little sympathy, a little sociability, a little human toil....It is needed in every nook and corner. Therefore search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.
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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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There is no higher religion than human service.
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You must not expect anything from others. It's you, of yourself, of whom you must ask a lot. Only from oneself has one the right to ask everything and anything. This way it's up to you - your own choices - what you get from others remains a present, a gift.
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Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.
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I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.
Albert Schweitzer