The only progress that knowledge allows is in enabling us to describe more and more in detail the world we see and its evolution. What matters in a world-view is to grasp the meaning and purpose of everything, and that…

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

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Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

Opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one!

Opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one!

By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world...

By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world...

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and...

By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and...

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer...

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer...

Because I have confidence in the power of truths and of spirit, I believe in...

Because I have confidence in the power of truths and of spirit, I believe in...

The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already...

The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already...

Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain...

Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain...

Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference...

Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference...

The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil.

The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil.

Renunciation of thinking is a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy. - Out of My Life and...

Renunciation of thinking is a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy. - Out of My Life and...

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of...

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of...

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying...

Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying...

Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst...

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst...

Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further...

Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further...

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I...

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I...

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.