Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life, and that to destroy, to harm, or to hinder life is evil

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

Topics: Evil Quotes, Morality Quotes, Principles Quotes

The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil.

The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil.

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...

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...

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...

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.

Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens...

Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens...

It is not enough merely to exist. It's not enough to say, 'I'm earning enough...

It is not enough merely to exist. It's not enough to say, 'I'm earning enough...

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

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.

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...

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of...

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of...

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...

The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.

The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.

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 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...

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...

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.

I'm having a bad day. I am not size six. My legs are not skinny...

I'm having a bad day. I am not size six. My legs are not skinny...

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it...

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it...