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Albert Schweitzer

1875 - 1965

Philosopher

Albert Schweitzer was a Nobel Peace Prize-winning polymath, physician, and philosopher whose profound words on service, ethics, and happiness continue to inspire people worldwide

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There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.

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Albert Schweitzer Quote - Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.

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Communication Compassion Doctor Medicine Purpose Service

Albert Schweitzer Quote - 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.

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Compassion ethics Humanity Morality spirituality

Albert Schweitzer Quote - 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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Humor illness mortality Philosophy resilience Solitude

Albert Schweitzer Quote - Serious illness doesn’t bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

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existentialism Isolation Loneliness mortality Society

Albert Schweitzer Quote - 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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ethics Goodness Life Morality nonviolence

Albert Schweitzer Quote - The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.

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Community Humanity interconnectedness Nature Philosophy selflessness

Albert Schweitzer Quote - 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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Community Compassion empathy openness strangers

Albert Schweitzer Quote - We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger.

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Adversity Goodness Patience Perseverance resilience Service

Albert Schweitzer Quote - Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.

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Morality Philosophy Religion spirituality

Albert Schweitzer Quote - By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.

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Action ethics Faith Jesus Morality Reflection spirituality

Albert Schweitzer Quote - Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.

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Compassion ethics Humanity interconnectedness Morality

Albert Schweitzer Quote - If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.

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Goodness Nature Philosophy spirituality

Albert Schweitzer Quote - 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.

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Faith Love Philosophy Spirit spirituality

Albert Schweitzer Quote - Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.

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Destruction Earth environmentalism Humanity Responsibility sustainability

Albert Schweitzer Quote - Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.

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Creation Destruction Philosophy Technology

Albert Schweitzer Quote - The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

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Compassion ethics evolution Humanity solidarity

Albert Schweitzer Quote - The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.

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Compassion destiny fulfillment Happiness Purpose Service

Albert Schweitzer Quote - 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.

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Albert Schweitzer was a Nobel Peace Prize-winning polymath, physician, and philosopher whose profound words on service, ethics, and happiness continue to inspire people worldwide

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