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Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.
Albert Schweitzer
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Albert Schweitzer
Age: 90 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 14
Died: 1965
Died: September 4
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There is much coldness among men because we do not dare to be as cordial as we really are.
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Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal.
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No man need fear death, he need fear only that he may die without having known his greatest power: the power of his free will to give his life for others
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All work that is worth anything is done in faith.
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It seemed incredible to me, that physical courage should be so commonplace and revered, while moral courage . . . is so rare and despised.
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He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.
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Constant Kindness can accomplish much.
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Love ... is a living reality.
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What we call love is in its essence reverence for life.
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An idea is, in the end, always stronger than circumstances.
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Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.
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It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man.
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I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words.
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God much are the truly wealthy. So our inner happiness depends not on what we experience but on the degree of our gratitude to God, Gratitude — the Secret of Life.
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I am life which wants to live admidst of lives that want to live.
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The result of the voyage does not depend on the speed of the ship, but on whether or not it keeps a true course.
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When man learns to respect even the smallest being of creation...nobody has to teach him to love his fellow man. Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.
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Only an ethical movement can rescue us from barbarism, and the ethical comes into existence only in individuals.
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Don't blame, forgive, All healing is self-healing
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From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.
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