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Quotes from Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography — Albert Schweitzer

1875–1965 Germany

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I cannot help but feel the suffering all around me, not only of humanity but of the whole of creation. I have never tried to withdraw myself from this community of suffering. 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.

Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography (1931)

I bought from some villagers a young osprey they had caught on a sandbank, in order to rescue it from their cruel hands. But then I had to decide whether I should let it starve, or kill a number of small fishes every day in order to keep it alive. I decided on the latter course, but every day the responsibility to sacrifice one life for another caused me pain.

Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography (1931)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Albert Schweitzer (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.