Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.

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"Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate."

- Albert Schweitzer

Compassion

"The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others."

- Albert Schweitzer

Compassion

"Be happy for those who are happy, and weep for those who weep; such is your duty."

- Albert Schweitzer

Compassion

"Let us never forget that medicine is for people. It is not for profit, it is not for status, it is not for self."

- Albert Schweitzer

Compassion

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful"

- Albert Schweitzer

Happiness

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"As we discover God, sometimes unexpected answers to prayers take us from the street, bring us to community, chase darkness from our souls, and guide us to find spiritual refuge and belonging in the goodness of His covenants and abiding love."

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"We are all like fireworks: we climb, we shine and always go our separate ways and become further apart. But even when that time comes, let’s not disappear like a firework and continue to shine forever."

- Hitsugaya Toshiro

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"Alone, you feel nothing but insecurity; that’s why we form guilds, that’s why we have friends. We walk together in order to live a strong life."

- Makarov Dreyar

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"Even if we forget the faces of our friends, We will never forget the bonds that were carved into our souls."

- Otonashi Yuzuru

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"No single thing is perfect by itself. That’s why we’re born to attract other things to make up for what we lack. I think we start walking in the right direction only after we start getting our counterparts besides us."

- Itachi Uchiha

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