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His Quotes by Albert Schweitzer
- If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.
- Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.
- Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.
- 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…
- Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
- 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…
- As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.
- Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith…
- Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some…
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- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
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- Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. — Matthew Arnold