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

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

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Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further...

Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further...

We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as...

We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as...

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...

My life is my argument.

My life is my argument.

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...

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...

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...

Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.

Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

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...

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.

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...

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.

Example is leadership.

Example is leadership.