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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.
Albert Schweitzer
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Albert Schweitzer
Age: 90 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 14
Died: 1965
Died: September 4
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Where possible Paul avoids quoting the teaching of Jesus, in fact even mentioning it. If we had to rely on Paul, we should not know that Jesus taught in parables, had delivered the sermon on the mount, and had taught His disciples the 'Our Father.' Even where they are specially relevant, Paul passes over the words of the Lord.
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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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The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil.
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Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.
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What really matters is that we should all of us realize that we are guilty of inhumanity. The horror of this realization should shakes us out of our lethargy so that we can direct our hopes and our intentions to the coming of an era in which war will have no place.
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The gratitude ascending from man to God is the supreme transaction between earth and heaven.
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Let your life be your argument.
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Who shall enumerate the many ways in which that costly piece of fixed capital, a human being , may be employed! More of him is wanted everywhere! Hunt, then, for some situation in which your humanity may be used.
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It is through the idealism of youth that man catches sight of truth, and in that idealism he possesses a wealth which he must never exchange for anything else.
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Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.
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Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
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Ethics is in its unqualified form extended responsibility with regard to everything that has life.
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Open your eyes and look for some man, or some work for the sake of men, which needs a little time, a little friendship, a little sympathy, a little sociability, a little human toil....It is needed in every nook and corner. Therefore search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.
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Love . . . includes fellowship in suffering, in joy and in effort.
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For those who sincerely seek the truth should not fear the outcome.
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