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There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.

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I look back upon my youth and realize how so many people gave me help, understanding, courage – very important things to me – and they never knew it. ...more

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Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.

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The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

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As we know life in ourselves we want to understand life in the universe in order to enter into harmony with it.

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

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Love . . . includes fellowship in suffering in joy and in effort.

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In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be than...more

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Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith a...more

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Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing...more

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

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Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.

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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 w...more