Reverence for life, veneratio vitæ, is the most direct and at the same time the profoundest achievement of my will-to-live.My life carries its own meaning in itself. This meaning lies in my living out the highest idea which shows itself in my will-to-live, the idea of reverence for life. With that for a starting-point I give value to my own life and to all the will-to-live which surrounds me, I persevere in activity, and I produce values.
Albert Schweitzer