As we understand life in ourselves, we want to understand life in the universe. in order to enter into harmony with it. - Albert Schweitzer

I do not know our destinies, but one thing I know, the only ones among you who will be happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.

I have twice gone fishing with rod and line just because other boys asked me to, but this sport was soon made impossible for me by the treatment of the worms that were put on the hook for bait, and the wrenching of the mouths of the fishes that were caught. I gave it up, and even found courage enough to dissuade other boys from going.

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 wants to live