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The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.
Albert Schweitzer
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Albert Schweitzer
Age: 90 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 14
Died: 1965
Died: September 4
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Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer
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Just as white light consists of colored rays, so reverence for life contains all the components of ethics: love, kindliness, sympathy, empathy, peacefulness and power to forgive.
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A heavy guilt rests upon us for what the whites of all nations have done to the colored peoples. When we do good to them, it is not benevolence--it is atonement.
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The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery.
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We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as much as we do. True humanity does not allow us to impose such sufferings on them. It is our duty to make the whole world recognize it. Until we extend our circle of compassion to all living things, humanity will not find peace.
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The city of truth cannot be built on the swampy ground of skepticism.
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We must never allow the voice of humanity within us to be silenced. It is humanity's sympathy with all creatures that first makes us truly human.
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Whatever you have received more than others-in health, in talents, in ability, in success, in a pleasant childhood, in harmonious conditions of home life-all this you must not take to yourself as a matter of course. In gratitude for your good fortune, you must remember in return some sacrifice of your own life for another life.
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There can be no Kingdom of God in the world without the Kingdom of God in our hearts.
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The Christ of Theology is not alive for us today. He is wrapped in the grave cloths of dogma.
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Thought is the strongest thing we have.
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My life is full of meaning to me. The life around me must be full of significance to itself. If I am to expect others to respect my life, then I must respect the other life I see.
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I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.
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I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.
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...try to tell the people of America about Dr. Gerson's merits and ...results...I wish you the best in your difficult task.
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It doesn't matter if an animal can reason. It matters only that it is capable of suffering and that is why I consider it my neighbor.
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Only when an ideal of peace is born in the minds of the peoples will the institutions set up to maintain this peace effectively fulfill the function expected of them.
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Even if it is a little thing, do something for those who have need of help.
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If you study life deeply, its profundity will seize you suddenly with dizziness.
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By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.
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Only through love can we obtain communion with God.
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