“Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself.”
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An organist is a musician specializing in playing the organ, an instrument renowned for its rich, layered sound and historical significance in both liturgical and concert settings. They master complex musical compositions and contribute significantly to the cultural and spiritual ambiance of various venues.
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“The doctor of the future will be oneself.”
“I have given up the ambition to be a great scholar. I want to be more- simply a human. . . . We are not true humans, but beings who live by a civilization inherited from the past, that keeps us hostage, that confines us. No freedom of movement. Nothing. Everything in us is killed by our calculations for our future, by our social position and cast. You see, I am not happy-yet I am happy. I suffer, but that is part of life. I live, I don't care about my existence, and that is the beginning of wisdom.”
“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 weak, it suffers world history.”
“There slowly grew up in me an unshakable conviction that we have no right to inflict suffering and death on another living creature, unless there is some unavoidable necessity for it.”
“Not only is example the best way to teach, it is the only way.”
“To the truly ethical man, all of life is sacred, including forms of life that from the human point of view may seem lower than ours.”
“Pablo Casals is a great musician in all he does: a cellist without equal, and extraordinary conductor and composer with something to say. I have been profoundly impressed by all I have heard of his work, but he is a musician of this stature because he is also a great man.”
“I am certain and have always stressed that the destination of mankind is to become more and more humane. The ideal of humanity has to be revived.”
“Don't stop to ask whether the animal or plant you meet deserves your sympathy, or how much it feels, or even whether it can feel at all: respect it and consider all life sacred.”