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The ethic of Reverence for Life is the ethic of Love widened into universality.
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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Man's ethics must not end with man, but should extend to the universe. He must regain the consciousness of the great Chain of Life from which he cannot be separated.
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Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.
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By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive.
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Our age is bent on trying to make the barren tree of skepticism fruitful by tying the fruits of truth on its branches.
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Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they even roll a few more upon it.
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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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O heavenly Father, protect and bless all things that have breath: guard them from all evil and let them sleep in peace.
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Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.
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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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In the hearts of people today there is a deep longing for peace. When the true spirit of peace is thoroughly dominant, it becomes an inner experience with unlimited possibilities. Only when this really happens - when the spirit of peace awakens and takes possession of men's hearts, can humanity be saved from perishing.
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The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions.
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The most difficult thing I have ever had to do is follow the guidance I prayed for.
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There slowly grew up in me an unshakable conviction that we have no right to inflict suffering and death on another living creature, unless there is some unavoidable necessity for it.
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A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.
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Today . . . we know that all living beings who strive to maintain life and who long to be spared pain - all living beings on earth - are our neighbors.
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For us the great men are not those who solved the problems, but those whodiscovered them.
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At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
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To me, good health is more than just exercise and diet. Its really a point of view and a mental attitude you have about yourself.
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Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice
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The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed is the nourishment the soul requires.
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