One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.

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...

Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal.

Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal.

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer...

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer...

It is good to maintain and cherish life; it is evil to destroy and to...

It is good to maintain and cherish life; it is evil to destroy and to...

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...

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...

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.

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 purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will...

The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will...

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.

Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the...

Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the...

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...

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...

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

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...

A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life...

A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life...

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...

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...

We have a lot of people revolutionizing the world because they've never had to present...

We have a lot of people revolutionizing the world because they've never had to present...

Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows...

Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows...

It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind...

It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind...