Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

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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...

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other...

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other...

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst...

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst...

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...

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

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.

This new form of activity medicine I could not represent to myself as talking about...

This new form of activity medicine I could not represent to myself as talking about...

Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying...

Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying...

Through the power which we win over the forces of nature we get also a...

Through the power which we win over the forces of nature we get also a...

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...

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another...

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another...

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...

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not...

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not...

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and...

By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and...

Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain...

Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain...

Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the...

Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the...

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit

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...