By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.
Albert Schweitzer
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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.
- Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.
- In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
- Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
- 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.