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.
Life
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Quotes by Albert Schweitzer
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The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
Life
Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.
Wisdom
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.
Wisdom
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
Courage
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Love
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.
Life
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.
Life
Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
Wisdom
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
Wisdom
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
Happiness
Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
Life
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
Life
We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.
Wisdom
The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
Life
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
Wisdom
Example is leadership.
Wisdom
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.
Life
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.
Happiness
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.
Life
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.
Wisdom
Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.
Life
Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.
Wisdom
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.
Education
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