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
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Even if it is a little thing, do something for those who have need of help.
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Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.
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The greatest living person in the world is some individual who at this very moment has gone in love to help another.
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There is no higher religion than human service.
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There are no heroes of action: only heroes of renunciation and suffering - Out of My Life and Thoughts.
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It is not always granted to the sower to live to see the harvest. All work that is worth anything is done in faith.
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