Quote by Albert Schweitzer
Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of th

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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Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light. – Albert Schweitzer

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Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life. – Albert Schweitzer

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I was quite able at the insignificant work I did in MI6, but absolutely dysfunctional in my domestic life. I had no experience of fatherhood. I had no example of marital bliss or the family unit. – John le Carre

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If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be. – John Heywood

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I wouldnt say Im a method actor. I do research when I feel I dont have enough experience for the part Im playing. – Tim Robbins

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I think how pay gets determined is pretty broad – experience, how people look, what they bring to the job. But theres no question women are paid less. Women dont ask. – Dee Dee Myers

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You might say that when you step inside, youre entering a honorific space, but thats something totally different than experiencing it. And in architecture the experience comes first. That has the deepest effect on us. – Thom Mayne

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I am iron resisting the most enormous magnet there is. – Rumi

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The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration. – Pearl S. Buck

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There is a wisdom of the head, and… a wisdom of the heart. – Charles Dickens

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