Monday, May 25, 2009

albert schweitzer...

"reverence for life"...

his philosopy on ethics has been published for many years
but just strikes a chord in me

it is simple and powerful
and rings true inside me

"the fundamental fact of human awareness is this"..."i am a life that wants to live in the midst of other life that wants to live"..."a thinking man feels compelled to approach all life with the same reverence he has for his own"..."thus all life becomes part of his experience"..."from such a point of view...good means to maintain life, to further life, to bring developing life to it's highest value."...evil means to destroy life, to hurt life, to keep life from developing"..."this then is the rational, universal, and basic principle of ethics"

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