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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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.
Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.
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.
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
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.
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.
Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
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.
We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.
The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
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.
Example is leadership.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.
Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.
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.
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