Albert Schweitzer

It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that truly makes him a man. Until he extends his circle of read more

It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that truly makes him a man. Until he extends his circle of compassion to all living things, man himself will not find peace.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only
thing.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only
thing.

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than read more

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.

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

Truth has not special time of its own. Its hour is now-always and indeed then most truly when it seems read more

Truth has not special time of its own. Its hour is now-always and indeed then most truly when it seems unsuitable to actual circumstances. -Albert Schweitzer.