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What we call love is in its essence reverence for life.

Thought is the strongest thing we have.

You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.

The three most important ways to lead people are: ... by example ... by example ... by example.

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.

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.

In case my life should end with the cannibals, I hope they will write on my tombstone, 'We have eaten Dr. Schweitzer. He was good to the end.'

One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

Help me to fling my life like a flaming firebrand into the gathering darkness of the world.

Hear our humble prayer, O God. Make us, ourselves, to be true friends to the animals.

In the hopes of reaching the moon, we fail to see the flowers that blossom at our feet.

A good example has twice the value of good advice

Not only is example the best way to teach, it is the only way.

The future of civilisation depends on our overcoming the meaninglessness and hopelessness that characterizes the thoughts of men today.

The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery.

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.

Truth has not special time of its own. Its hour is now - always and, indeed then most truly, when it seems unsuitable to actual circumstances.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

An idea is, in the end, always stronger than circumstances.

We must never allow the voice of humanity within us to be silenced. It is humanity's sympathy with all creatures that first makes us truly human.

Animal protection is education to the humanity.

I am certain and have always stressed that the destination of mankind is to become more and more humane. The ideal of humanity has to be revived.

I decided that I would make my life my argument,

It seemed incredible to me, that physical courage should be so commonplace and revered, while moral courage ... is so rare and despised.

The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics.

For us the great men are not those who solved the problems, but those whodiscovered them.

Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.

Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.

Bach is thus a terminal point. Nothing comes from him; everything merely leads to him.

O heavenly Father,
protect and bless all things
that have breath: guard them
from all evil and let them sleep in peace.

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

We are united with all life that is in nature. Man can no longer live his life for himself alone.

The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others.

The ethic of Reverence for Life is the ethic of Love widened into universality.

Ideals are thoughts. So long as they exist merely as thoughts, the power in them remains ineffective.

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.

From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.

If you love something so much let it go. If it comes back it was meant to be; if it doesn't it never was

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.

All people are endowed with the faculty of compassion, and for this reason can develop the humanitarian spirit.

In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.

Preservation of life is the only true joy.

It seemed to me a matter of course that we should all take our share of the burden of pain which lies upon the world.

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no sunday, it becomes an orphan.

Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.

Don't blame, forgive, All healing is self-healing

The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.

Does my behavior in respect of love affect nothing? That is because there is not enough love in me.

No one may shut his eyes to think the pain, which is therefore not visible to him, is non-existent.

No ray of sunshine is ever lost but the green that it awakens takes time to sprout, and it is not always given the sower to see the harvest.

Do not lose heart, even if you must wait a bit before finding the right thing. Be prepared for disappointment also, but do not abandon the quest.

The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.

We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.

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.

Arguing from facts never wins a definitive victory against skillfully presented opinion.

Your soul suffers if you live superficially.

I am life which wants to live admidst of lives that want to live.

Every person I have known who has been truly happy has learned how to serve others.

My life carries its own meaning in itself.

Do something good and someone might imitate it.

My life is my argument.

We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government.

Our age is bent on trying to make the barren tree of skepticism fruitful by tying the fruits of truth on its branches.

The disastrous feature of our civilization is that it is far more developed materially than spiritually. Its balance is disturbed.

Ethical existence [is] the highest manifestation of spirituality.

Late upon the third day, at the very moment when, at sunset ... there flashed upon my mind, unforseen and unsought, the phrase 'Reverence for Life'.

Let us rejoice in the truth, wherever we find its lamp burning.

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

The only ones who will find real happiness are those who find a way to serve

The the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hope are optimistic.

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.

The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.

Creative energy is the essence of all healing ... We physicians do nothing, we only help and encourage the physician within.

I am conscious that meat eatingis not in accordance with the finer feelings,and I abstain from it whenever I can.

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.

Aim for service and success will follow!

But you must do something more. Seek always to do some good, somewhere

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.

That's my private ant. You're liable to break its legs.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

Every patient carries his or her own doctor inside.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

One person can and does make a difference.

If you study life deeply, its profundity will seize you suddenly with dizziness.

The harvested fields bathed in the autumn mist speak of God and his goodness far more vividly than any human lips.

Passes he stands for a moment close to us, as though illumined by a flash of lightning. Then we see him as he really is. After

Be faithful to your love and you mill be recompensed beyond measure.

Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives. -Albert Schweitzer

Don't let your hearts grow numb. Stay alert. It is your soul which matters.

Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal.

Those who experiment on animals should never be able to quiet their own conscience by telling themselves that these cruelties have a worthy aim.

The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions.

The gratitude that we encounter helps us believe in the goodness of the world, and strengthens us thereby to do what's good.

Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it.