Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer, OMwas a French-German theologian, organist, philosopher, and physician. He was born in the province of Alsace-Lorraine and although that region had been annexed by the German Empire four years earlier, and remained a German possession until 1918, he considered himself French and wrote mostly in French...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionDoctor
Date of Birth14 January 1875
CityKaysersberg, France
CountryGermany
inspirational sympathy helping-others
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
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Nature compels us to recognize the fact of mutual dependence, each life necessarily helping the other lives who are linked to it. In the very fibers of our being, we bear within ourselves the fact of the solidarity of life.
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Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. Remember, you don't live in a world all of your own
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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.
inspirational motivational friendship
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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Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.
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Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
motivational happiness helping-others
Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.
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Those who thank God much are the truly wealthy. So our inner happiness depends not on what we experience but on the degree of our gratitude to God, whatever the experience.
inspirational life sympathy
The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.
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If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
respect philosophy vegan
Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.
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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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A thinking man feels compelled to approach all life with the same reverence he has for his own.