The human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret... It has come to believed that compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and…

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

Topics: Compassion Quotes, Mankind Quotes

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...

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

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

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...

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not...

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on...

Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on...

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other...

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other...

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...

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

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.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust,...

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust,...

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...

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...

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...

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 don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains

I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains

In seperateness lies the world's great misery, in compassion lies the world's true strength.

In seperateness lies the world's great misery, in compassion lies the world's true strength.

The prettiest smiles hide the deepest secrets. The prettiest eyes have cried the most tears...

The prettiest smiles hide the deepest secrets. The prettiest eyes have cried the most tears...