In modern European thought a tragedy is occurring in that the original bonds uniting the affirmative attitude towards the world with ethics are, by a slow but irresistible process, loosening and finally parting. - Out of my life and Thought.

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

Topics: Attitude Quotes, Tragedy Quotes

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.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

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.

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...

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

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

It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man.

It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man.

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.

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

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

Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them

Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them

Renunciation of thinking is a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy. - Out of My Life and...

Renunciation of thinking is a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy. - Out of My Life and...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and...

Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and...

Today we know that all living beings who strive to maintain life and who long...

Today we know that all living beings who strive to maintain life and who long...

Storytellers, by the very act of telling, communicate a radical learning that changes lives and...

Storytellers, by the very act of telling, communicate a radical learning that changes lives and...

The longer one lives, the more one realizes that nothing is a dish for every...

The longer one lives, the more one realizes that nothing is a dish for every...

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

Where is the Life we have lost in living?