Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

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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...

The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil.

The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil.

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own...

Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own...

Happiness? That's nothing more than a good health and a poor memory.

Happiness? That's nothing more than a good health and a poor memory.

Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world...

By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world...

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.

The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in...

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in...

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...

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...

The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery. Neither knowledge nor...

The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery. Neither knowledge nor...

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.

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

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

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 only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have...

The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have...

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If...

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If...

You that would judge me, do not judge alone this book or that, come to...

You that would judge me, do not judge alone this book or that, come to...

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to...

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to...