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

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If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.

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The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

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

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One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

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Big nations are like chickens. They like to make big noises, but very often it is no more than squabbling.

Albert Schweitzer in Playboy interview (December 1963)
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We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger.

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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.

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

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Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.

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