Albert Schweitzer ( 10 of 58 )
Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.
Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.
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.
The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.
Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.
Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to read more
Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.
A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that read more
A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help. -Albert Schweitzer.
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter read more
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is read more
Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.
