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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One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own...

Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own...

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.

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...

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...

Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.

Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.

No one has ever come back from the other world. I can't console you, but...

No one has ever come back from the other world. I can't console you, but...

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

My life is my argument.

My life is my argument.

Today we know that all living beings who strive to maintain life and who long...

Today we know that all living beings who strive to maintain life and who long...

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...

Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying...

Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying...

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.

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.