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Animal protection is education to the humanity.

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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Reverence for life brings us into a spiritual relation with the world which is independent of all knowledge of the universe.
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I see in him (Dr. Max Gerson) one of the most eminent medical geniuses in the history of medicine...he was greatly impeded by adverse political conditions.
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Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal.
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From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.
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Any profound view of the world is mysticism. It has, of course, to deal with life and the world, both of which are nonrational entities.
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Search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.
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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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Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it.
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Let us rejoice in the truth, wherever we find its lamp burning.
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Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.
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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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Every person I have known who has been truly happy has learned how to serve others.
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As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.
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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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Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
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Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.
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Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them.
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We are compelled by the commandment of love contained in our hearts and thought, and proclaimed by Jesus, to give rein to our natural sympathy for animals. We are also compelled to help them and spare them suffering.
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Jesus no doubt fits his teaching into the late-Jewish messianic dogma. But he does not think dogmatically. He formulates no doctrine. He is far from judging any man's belief by reference to any standard of dogmatic correctness. Nowhere does he demand of his hearers that they shall sacrifice thinking to believing.
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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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