Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. Extract from 'Memories of childhood and youth.'

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

Topics: Cruelty Quotes, Habit Quotes, Instinct Quotes, Memory Quotes, Men Quotes

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...

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.

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...

To the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my...

To the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my...

Example is leadership.

Example is leadership.

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.

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...

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 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 great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never...

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it...

Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it...

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...

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another...

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another...

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...