To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kindness that stands behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything…

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

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Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil.

The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil.

No one has ever come back from the other world. I can't console you, but...

No one has ever come back from the other world. I can't console you, but...

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.

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...

The human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret... It has come to...

The human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret... It has come to...

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

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...

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.

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If...

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If...

It is not enough merely to exist. It's not enough to say, 'I'm earning enough...

It is not enough merely to exist. It's not enough to say, 'I'm earning enough...

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

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

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...

Through the power which we win over the forces of nature we get also a...

Through the power which we win over the forces of nature we get also a...

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only...

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only...

The time will come when public opinion will no longer tolerate amusements based on the...

The time will come when public opinion will no longer tolerate amusements based on the...

Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens...

Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens...

In modern European thought a tragedy is occurring in that the original bonds uniting the...

In modern European thought a tragedy is occurring in that the original bonds uniting the...

Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision...

Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision...

I have never yet figured out what to do about good advice that you get,...

I have never yet figured out what to do about good advice that you get,...

Disaster is a natural part of my evolution. Toward tragedy and dissolution.

Disaster is a natural part of my evolution. Toward tragedy and dissolution.