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

— Albert Schweitzer

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Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.

Letter to a Japanese Animal Welfare Society (1961)

The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery.

It belongs to the nature of mysticism that it is timeless and appeals to no other authority than that of the truth which it carries within it.

Indian Thought And Its Development (1936)

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they even roll a few more upon it.

True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness: "I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live."

Kulturphilosophie (1923)

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To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.

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Whoever is careless with truth in small matters cannot be trusted in important affairs.

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