Albert Schweitzer
Quotations
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“I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words.” -Albert Schweitzer
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“One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.” -Albert Schweitzer
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“Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don’t live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.” -Albert Schweitzer
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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.” -Albert Schweitzer
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“A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.” -Albert Schweitzer
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“One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.” -Albert Schweitzer
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“By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.” -Albert Schweitzer
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“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.” -Albert Schweitzer
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“Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.” -Albert Schweitzer
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“Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.” -Albert Schweitzer
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“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.” -Albert Schweitzer
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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.” -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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“The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.” -Albert Schweitzer
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“One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.” -Albert Schweitzer
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“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.” -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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“A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.” -Albert Schweitzer
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“Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.” -Albert Schweitzer
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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.” -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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“Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.” -Albert Schweitzer
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