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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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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. – Albert Schweitzer

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The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. – Albert Schweitzer

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Is bread the better for kneading? so is the heart. Knead it then by spiritual exercises; or God must knead it by afflictions. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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Never confuse thoughtlessness with malice. – Robert Charles Whitehead

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Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. – Jonathan Kozel

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No useful man has time to go back and rub out his unfortunate foot prints. – Author unknown, from Dallas-Galveston News, c.1894

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