This new form of activity medicine I could not represent to myself as talking about the religion of love, but only as an actual putting it into practice.

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

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Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and...

Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and...

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.

Opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one!

Opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one!

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...

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.

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...

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...

I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having...

I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having...

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...

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...

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...

The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.

The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.

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...

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and...

The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and...

The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already...

The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already...

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

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

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...

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable; for the happy impute all...

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable; for the happy impute all...

Happiness and misery depend not on how high up or low down you are -...

Happiness and misery depend not on how high up or low down you are -...

Oh that it were possible, After long grief and pain, To find the arms of...

Oh that it were possible, After long grief and pain, To find the arms of...