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

~Albert Schweitzer

Topics: Capacity Destroying Earth End Foresee He Lost Man Will

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As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.

~Albert Schweitzer

Topics: Begins Does Existence Granted His Man Mysterious Something Soon Take Thought

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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

Topics: Always Bring Each Each One End Firmly Held Little Misery Portion Some Thought Us

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A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

~Albert Schweitzer

Topics: Angel Does Man Order Saint

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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.

~Albert Schweitzer

Topics: Alive Colours Come Found Himself Man Others True Worth

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The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.

~Albert Schweitzer

Topics: African Brother Centuries He Several Younger Younger Brother

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Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal.

~Albert Schweitzer

Topics: Appeal Court Highest Life Reverence

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Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

~Albert Schweitzer

Topics: Am Because Bother Host Illness Long Me Serious Too I Am

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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

Topics: Carry Diminishing Feel Help Himself Lies Misery Must Others Our Pain Personal Share Spared Which Whoever World

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Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.

~Albert Schweitzer

Topics: Always Hour Now Own Special Time Truth

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Theologian

Born: January 14th, 1875

Died: September 4th, 1965

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