Albert Schweitzer Quotes About Inspirational
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All art speaks in signs and symbols. No one can explain how it happens that the artist can waken to life in us the existence that he has seen and lives through. No artistic speech is the adequate expression of what it represents; its vital force comes from what is unspoken in it.
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Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.
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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 if they even roll a few more upon it.
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The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.
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Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
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The deeper we look into nature, the more we recognize that it is full of life, and the more profoundly we know that all life is a secret and that we are united with all life that is in nature.
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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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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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Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
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It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man.
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Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.
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In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
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The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.
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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.
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To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kindness that stands behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.
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Man can no longer live his life for himself alone. We realize that all life is valuable and that we are united to all this life. From this knowledge comes our spiritual relationship to the universe.
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The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
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