“Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. Remember, you don't live in a world all of your own.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosoph… 1875–1965

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