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“Our degeneration, when it is traced back to its origin in our view of the world really consists in the fact that true optimism has vanished unperceived from our midst.” quote by Albert Schweitzer — Download Open image

“Our degeneration, when it is traced back to its origin in our view of the world really consists in the fact that true optimism has vanished unperceived from our midst.”

Albert Schweitzer

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

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I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live.

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Ethics is in its unqualified form extended responsibility to everything that has life.

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The only way out of today's misery is for people to become worthy of each other's trust.

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When we observe contemporary society one thing strikes us. We debate but make no progress. Why? Because as peoples we do not yet trust…

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For those who sincerely seek the truth should not fear the outcome.

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The ethic of Reverence for Life is the ethic of Love widened into universality.

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