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

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Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

This new form of activity medicine I could not represent to myself as talking about...

This new form of activity medicine I could not represent to myself as talking about...

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...

The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have...

The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have...

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

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...

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...

Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the...

Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the...

Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal.

Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal.

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...

Example is leadership.

Example is leadership.

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...

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 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...

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 tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

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...

Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it's the only thing

Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it's the only thing

A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful money-maker and never contribute to his country...

A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful money-maker and never contribute to his country...

Example is the best precept.

Example is the best precept.