Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of their way, but must accept their lot calmly, even if people roll a few stones upon it.
¶ (Attributed)
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Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) French theologian, philosopher, physician
A man can only do what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.
¶ (Attributed)
As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.
¶ (Attributed)
Not one of us knows what effect his life produces, and what he gives to others; that is hidden from us and must remain so, though we are often allowed to see some little fraction of it, so that we may not lose courage. The way in which power works is a mystery.
¶ (Attributed)
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 have sought and found how to serve.
¶ (Attributed)
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. It is an uncomfortable doctrine which the true ethics whisper into my ear. You are happy, they say; therefore you are called upon to give much.
¶ Civilization and Ethics, ch. 26. (1949)
Trans. CT Campion
Knowing all truth is less than doing a little bit of good.
¶ The Thoughts of Albert Schweitzer
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