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By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.
Albert Schweitzer
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Albert Schweitzer
Age: 90 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 14
Died: 1965
Died: September 4
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As we acquire knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.
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Reverence for life, veneratio vitæ, is the most direct and at the same time the profoundest achievement of my will-to-live.
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Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.
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In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
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The elemental fact, present in our consciousness every moment of our existence, is: I am life that wills to live, in the midst of life that wills to live.... The essence of the humane spirit is: Preserve life, promote life, help life to achieve its highest destiny. The essence of Evil is: Destroy life, harm life, hamper the development of life
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Every start on an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances looks sensible and likely to succeed.
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We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
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When we observe contemporary society one thing strikes us. We debate but make no progress. Why? Because as peoples we do not yet trust each other.
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Help me to fling my life like a flaming firebrand into the gathering darkness of the world.
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For animals that are overworked, underfed, and cruelly treated for all wistful creatures in captivity that beat their wings against bars for any that are hunted or lost or deserted or frightened or hungry for all that must be put to death...and for those who deal with them we ask a heart of compassion and gentle hands and kindly words.
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We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.
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All art speaks in signs and symbols. No one can explain how it happens that the artist can waken to life in us the existence that he has seen and lives through. No artistic speech is the adequate expression of what it represents its vital force comes from what is unspoken in it.
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We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government.
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A man who possesses a veneration of life will not simply say his prayers. He will throw himself into the battle to preserve life, if for no other reason than that he himself is an extension of life around him.
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