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The elemental fact, present in our consciousness every moment of our existence, is: I am life that wills to live, in the midst of life that wills to live.... The essence of the humane spirit is: Preserve life, promote

The elemental fact, present in our consciousness every moment of our existence, is: I am life that wills to live, in the midst of life that wills to live.... The essence of the humane spirit is: Preserve life, promote life, help life to achieve its highest destiny. The essence of Evil is: Destroy life, harm life, hamper the development of life

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Cute, Destiny, Essence

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.

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Loyalty, Peace, Rhyming
Albert Schweitzer (1966). “The Teaching of Reverence for Life”

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.

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Love, Life, Peace
"Kulturphilosophie". Book by Albert Schweitzer, 1923.

I too had thoughts once of being an intellectual, but I found it too difficult.

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Intellectual, Found, Difficult

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

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Time, Truth, Integrity
Zwischen Wasser und Urwald (On the Edge of the Primeval Forest, 1922) ch. 11

Animal protection is education to the humanity.

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Ocean, Marine, Animal

He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.

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Gratitude, Grateful, Doe
Albert Schweitzer (1979). “Reverence for Life”, p.40, Ardent Media

Even if it is a little thing, do something for those who have need of help.

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Helping Others, Volunteer, Needs

No ray of sunlight is ever lost, but the green which it awakes into existence needs time to sprout, and it is not always granted to the sower to see the harvest. All work that is worth anything is done in faith.

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Faith, Rays, Needs
Albert Schweitzer (2015). “The Light Within Us”, p.19, Open Road Media

For animals that are overworked, underfed, and cruelly treated; for all wistful creatures in captivity that beat their wings against bars; for any that are hunted or lost or deserted or frightened or hungry; for all that must be put to death...and for those who deal with them we ask a heart of compassion and gentle hands and kindly words.

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Heart, Animal, Compassion

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

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Clever, Fun, Animal

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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Happiness, Gratitude, Thank God
"Reverence for Life".

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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Profound, Devotion To God, Gita

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.

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Sympathy, Animal, Voice

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.

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Compassion, Foundation, Reverence For Life

Nature compels us to recognize the fact of mutual dependence, each life necessarily helping the other lives who are linked to it. In the very fibers of our being, we bear within ourselves the fact of the solidarity of life.

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Fiber, Facts, Bears
Albert Schweitzer (2009). “Albert Schweitzer's Ethical Vision: A Sourcebook”, p.163, Oxford University Press

Civilization can only revive when there shall come into being in a number of individuals a new tone of mind independent of the one prevalent among the crowd and in opposition to it. A new public opinion must be created privately and unobtrusively. The existing one is maintained by the press, by propaganda, by organization, and by financial influences which are at its disposal. The unnatural way of spreading ideas must be opposed by the natural one, which goes from man to man and relies solely on the truth of the thoughts and the hearer's receptiveness of new truth.

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Independent, Men, Organization

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

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Serious Illness, Long, Host

You ask me for a motto. Here it is: SERVICE.

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Motto, Ask Me, Asks

If you truly desire happiness, seek and learn how to serve.

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Joy, Desire, Ifs

All work that is worth anything is done in faith.

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Work, Done
Albert Schweitzer (2015). “The Light Within Us”, p.19, Open Road Media

Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.

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Men, Perfection, Personality
Albert Schweitzer (2015). “The Light Within Us”, p.30, Open Road Media

Every patient carries her or his own doctor inside.

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Health, Doctors, Wellness

He comes to us as One unknown, without a name, as of old, by the lakeside, He came to those men who knew Him not. He speaks to us the same words: "Follow thou me!" and sets us to the tasks which He has to fulfill for our time. He commands. And to those who obey Him, whether they be wise or simple, He will reveal himself in the toils, the conflicts, the sufferings which they shall pass through in His fellowship, and, as an ineffable mystery, they shall learn in their own experience Who He is.

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Wise, Time, Men
Albert Schweitzer (2010). “The Quest of the Historical Jesus”, p.401, Lulu.com

Aim for service and success will follow!

Albert Schweitzer
Aim

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