Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

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Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain...

Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain...

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 true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but...

The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but...

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...

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists...

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists...

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

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

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in...

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in...

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in...

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in...

Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain...

Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I...

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I...

If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his...

If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his...

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

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