Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

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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...

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.

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 must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his...

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his...

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...

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

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

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 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...

To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but...

To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but...

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.

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...

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...

Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference...

Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference...

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...

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his...

If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his...

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...

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

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...