Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer, OMwas a French-German theologian, organist, philosopher, and physician. He was born in the province of Alsace-Lorraine and although that region had been annexed by the German Empire four years earlier, and remained a German possession until 1918, he considered himself French and wrote mostly in French...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionDoctor
Date of Birth14 January 1875
CityKaysersberg, France
CountryGermany
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In the same way as the tree bears the same fruit year after year, but each time new fruit, all lastingly valuable ideas in thinking must always be reborn.
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Reincarnation contains a most comforting explanation of reality by means of which Indian thought surmounts difficulties which baffle the thinkers of Europe.
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Love ... is a living reality.
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From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.
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I decided that I would make my life my argument,
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The greatest thing is to give thanks for everything. He who has learned this knows what it means to live. He has penetrated the whole mystery of life: giving thanks for everything.
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I am conscious that meat eatingis not in accordance with the finer feelings,and I abstain from it whenever I can.
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To the truly ethical man, all of life is sacred, including forms of life that from the human point of view may seem lower than ours.
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Think with great gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
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Man's ethics must not end with man, but should extend to the universe. He must regain the consciousness of the great Chain of Life from which he cannot be separated.
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Thought is the strongest thing we have. Work done by true and profound thought - that is a real force.
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We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as much as we do. True humanity does not allow us to impose such sufferings on them. It is our duty to make the whole world recognize it. Until we extend our circle of compassion to all living things, humanity will not find peace.
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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
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We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.