I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

Topics: Charity Quotes

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 quiet conscience is an invention of the devil.

The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil.

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

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

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...

Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it's the only thing

Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it's the only thing

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.

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.

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...

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...

Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.

Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never...

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never...

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

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...

All those writers who write about their childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine...

All those writers who write about their childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine...

I grew up to have my father's looks- my father's speech patterns-my father's posture- my...

I grew up to have my father's looks- my father's speech patterns-my father's posture- my...

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...

Youth had been a habit of hers for so long, that she could not part...

Youth had been a habit of hers for so long, that she could not part...

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but...

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but...

Are there memories left that are safe from the clutches of phony anniversaries?

Are there memories left that are safe from the clutches of phony anniversaries?

Among the abnormal conditions present in modern industrial society are excessive density of population, isolation...

Among the abnormal conditions present in modern industrial society are excessive density of population, isolation...

Our generation doesnt knock on doors. We will call or text you to let you...

Our generation doesnt knock on doors. We will call or text you to let you...