Albert Schweitzer Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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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.”
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“Good is that which promotes life, evil is that which destroys life”
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“If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”
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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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“Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.”
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“Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.”
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“Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.”
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“The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.”
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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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“Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed.”
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“The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.”
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“The gratitude that we encounter helps us believe in the goodness of the world, and strengthens us thereby to do what's good.”
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“Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.”
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“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.”
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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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“Not one of us knows what effect his life produces, and what he gives to others; that is hidden from us and must remain so, though we are often allowed to see some little fraction of it, so that we may not lose courage.”
-- Albert SchweitzerSource : Albert Schweitzer (2015). “The Light Within Us”, p.13, Open Road Media
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“Reverence for life brings us into a spiritual relation with the world which is independent of all knowledge of the universe.”
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“In the hearts of people today there is a deep longing for peace. When the true spirit of peace is thoroughly dominant, it becomes an inner experience with unlimited possibilities. Only when this really happens - when the spirit of peace awakens and takes possession of men's hearts, can humanity be saved from perishing.”
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“A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him.”
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“Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them.”
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“By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.”
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“Don't let your hearts grow numb. Stay alert. It is your soul which matters.”
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“We ought all to make an effort to act on our first thoughts and let our unspoken gratitude find expression. Then there will be more sunshine in the world, and more power to work for what is good.”
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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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“Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.”
-- Albert SchweitzerSource : Patricia MacLachlan (2014). “Sarah, Plain and Tall Complete Collection: Sarah, Plain and Tall; Skylark; Caleb's Story; More Perfect than the Moon; Grandfather's Dance”, p.20, Harper Collins
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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.”
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“The thinking (person) must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another.”
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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.”
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“Seek always to do some good, somewhere... Even if it's a little thing, so something for those that need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.”
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