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.

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

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Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.

Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.

The only progress that knowledge allows is in enabling us to describe more and more...

The only progress that knowledge allows is in enabling us to describe more and more...

Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on...

Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on...

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel...

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel...

It is good to maintain and cherish life; it is evil to destroy and to...

It is good to maintain and cherish life; it is evil to destroy and to...

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists...

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists...

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

I do not know which will be the destiny of each one of you; but...

I do not know which will be the destiny of each one of you; but...

I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do...

I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do...

We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.

We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each...

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each...

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of...

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of...

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill,...

Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill,...

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.

The human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret... It has come to...

The human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret... It has come to...

Compassion is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace, mental stability and for...

Compassion is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace, mental stability and for...

Fear grows out of the things we think; it lives in our minds. Compassion grows...

Fear grows out of the things we think; it lives in our minds. Compassion grows...

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a...

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a...

Let us not say, every man is the architect of his own fortune; but let...

Let us not say, every man is the architect of his own fortune; but let...