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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.
The harvested fields bathed in the autumn mist speak of God and his goodness far more vividly than any human lips.
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.
The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.
At 20 everyone has the face that God gave them, at 40 the face that life gave them, and at 60 the face they earned.
The greatest living person in the world is some individual who at this very moment has gone in love to help another.
Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.
The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures that come alive in others.
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.
Our age is bent on trying to make the barren tree of skepticism fruitful by tying the fruits of truth on its branches.
I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.
O heavenly Father, protect and bless all things that have breath: guard them from all evil and let them sleep in peace.
Every start on an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances looks sensible and likely to succeed.
Therapy is the boat across the river, but most don't want to get off. Don't blame, forgive, All healing is self-healing
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.
The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions.
If the extension of your compassion does not include all living beings, then you will be unable to find peace by yourself.
Creative energy is the essence of all healing...We physicians do nothing, we only help and encourage the physician within.
Reverence for life, veneratio vitæ, is the most direct and at the same time the profoundest achievement of my will-to-live.
...try to tell the people of America about Dr. Gerson's merits and ...results...I wish you the best in your difficult task.
Reverence for life brings us into a spiritual relation with the world which is independent of all knowledge of the universe.
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.
The gratitude that we encounter helps us believe in the goodness of the world, and strengthens us thereby to do what's good.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
It's supposed to be a secret, but I'll tell you anyway. We doctors do nothing. We only help. And encourage the doctor within.
Where principles and heart stand in conflict with each other, let us make the law of the spirit free from the law of principles.
To me, good health is more than just exercise and diet. Its really a point of view and a mental attitude you have about yourself.
The disastrous feature of our civilization is that it is far more developed materially than spiritually. Its balance is disturbed.
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.
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.
It doesn't matter if an animal can reason. It matters only that it is capable of suffering and that is why I consider it my neighbor.
It's not enough merely to exist. Every man has to seek in his own way to make his own self more noble and to relize his own true worth.
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.
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
It seemed incredible to me, that physical courage should be so commonplace and revered, while moral courage . . . is so rare and despised.
Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.
We all owe to others much of the gentleness and wisdom that we have made our own; and we may well ask ourselves what will others owe to us
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.
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.
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.'
Those who experiment on animals should never be able to quiet their own conscience by telling themselves that these cruelties have a worthy aim.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
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.
A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.
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.
Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.