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Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

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

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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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A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfull...more

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One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is ...more

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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

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