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

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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...

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...

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...

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as...

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as...

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If...

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If...

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...

My life is my argument.

My life is my argument.

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.

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...

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,...

By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world...

By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world...

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another...

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another...

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...

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...

A man can only do what he can do. But if he does that each...

A man can only do what he can do. But if he does that each...

Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.

Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.

Opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one!

Opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one!

Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself

Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself

Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision...

Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision...

A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end...

A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end...