Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

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Opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one!

Opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one!

The time will come when public opinion will no longer tolerate amusements based on the...

The time will come when public opinion will no longer tolerate amusements based on the...

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.

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...

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.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal.

Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal.

The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already...

The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already...

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.

Our degeneration, when it is traced back to its origin in our view of the...

Our degeneration, when it is traced back to its origin in our view of the...

You must not expect anything from others. It's you, of yourself, of whom you must...

You must not expect anything from others. It's you, of yourself, of whom you must...

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...

The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil.

The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil.

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...

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...

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only...

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only...

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...

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...

There are three terrible ages of childhood - 1 to 10, 10 to 20, and...

There are three terrible ages of childhood - 1 to 10, 10 to 20, and...

When I was little and I swallowed a fruit seed I was scared to death...

When I was little and I swallowed a fruit seed I was scared to death...

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...

The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the...

The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the...

Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what...

Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what...

You never know when you're making a memory.

You never know when you're making a memory.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture...

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture...

Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving,...

Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving,...