This date in 1875 saw the birth of Albert Schweitzer, German musician, philosopher, and humanitarian. Here are 10 quotes to celebrate his birthday.
- There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: Music and Cats.
- Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
- Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
- At that point in life where your talent meets the needs of the world, that is where God wants you to be.
- If you own something you cannot give away, then you don't own it, it owns you.
- A good example has twice the value of good advice.
- The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.
- Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it.
- The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.
- The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.
New Year New Reading Challenge?
I can help. Here are links to books which meet potential criteria:
A title with three words
- Death and Faxes
- Killing Me Softly
- Settling the Score
- Secrets and Skies
- Over the Rainbow
- Closing the Circle
A title with six words
A book with a number in the title
A book with a colour in the title
Short story collections/A book with a green cover
A book published in the last year/during lockdown
A book you can finish in a day/A book under 200 pages
A book featuring characters from a deck of cards
A Book set during Christmas
A book with a place in the title
A Debut novel
A book with a plant or flower on the cover/A book about siblings
A book with a female villain or criminal
Includes space travel
Features Royalty
Books featuring skiing or snowboarding
A book with the Olympic games in it
A book with a bird in the title
A book featuring a secret society
A book featuring time travel/alternative dimensions
Raiders Trilogy:
Books featuring superheroes
Books featuring ghosts
From an Indie Publisher/Self published/An author you've not read before/A female author/A genre you wouldn't normally read/A book outside your comfort zone/A book by an author with your initials and your initials are JH
All of them!
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