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Quote by Albert Schweitzer

“Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.”

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

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Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer, born on January 14, 1875, and died on September 4, 1965, was a German theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician. He is renowned for his missionary work in Africa. more

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Source: A Selection of Writings of and about Albert Schweitzer

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“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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“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.”

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“A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.”

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“A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.”

Source: A Treasury of Albert Schweitzer