You must not expect anything from others. It's you, of yourself, of whom you must ask a lot. Only from oneself has one the right to ask everything and anything. This way it's up to you...your own choices...what you get…

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

Topics: Choice Quotes, Choices Quotes, Expectation Quotes, Service Quotes

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...

Renunciation of thinking is a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy. - Out of My Life and...

Renunciation of thinking is a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy. - Out of My Life and...

Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to...

Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to...

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as...

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as...

Example is leadership.

Example is leadership.

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.

From native simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.

From native simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each...

A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each...

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

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

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...

The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but...

The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but...

The human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret... It has come to...

The human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret... It has come to...

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...

Happiness? That's nothing more than a good health and a poor memory.

Happiness? That's nothing more than a good health and a poor memory.

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.

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.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.

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...