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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. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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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. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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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

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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. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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

— Albert Schweitzer

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Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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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. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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