Quote by Albert Schweitzer
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that

In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet. – Albert Schweitzer

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Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true. – Albert Schweitzer

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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, even if they roll a few stones upon it. – Albert Schweitzer

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By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive. – Albert Schweitzer

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Wish for nothing so much that you forget to make it come true. – Jeb Dickerson, jebdickerson.com

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Dare to be imperfect and one day there will tug at your sleeve a soulmate. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile. – Plato

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[I]t takes something more than preponderance of numbers to win a battle… – Burton E. Stevenson, A Guide to Biography for Young Readers: American — Me

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What will the world be quite overturned when you die? – Epictetus

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To cease to admire is a proof of deterioration. – Charles Horton Cooley

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They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. – Andy Warhol

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