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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 thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
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A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.
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By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.
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An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.
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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 helpfully to all life that is in need of help.
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We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger.
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I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
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Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.
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Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
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Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.
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One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
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Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
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I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.
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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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