"We are compelled by the commandment of love……" — Albert Schweitzer
"We are compelled by the commandment of love contained in our hearts and thought, and proclaimed by Jesus, to give rein to our natural sympathy for animals. We are also compelled to help them and spare them suffering."
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298 Quotes by Albert Schweitzer
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The man who has become a thinking being feels a compulsion to give every will-to-live the same reverence for life…
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Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself.
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Every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary.
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Man has become a superman ... because he not only disposes oinnate, physical forces, but because he is in command…
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Whatever you have received more than others-in health, in talents, in ability, in success, in a pleasant childhood, in harmonious…
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Reverence for Life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life…
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One person can and does make a difference.
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Animal protection is education to the humanity.
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