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> [We need a boundless ethic, one which will include the animals, too. Until we extend the circle of his compassions to all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/we-need-a-boundless-ethic-one-which-will-include-the-animals-too/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

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> [Thought cannot avoid the ethical or reverence and love for all life. It will abandon the old confined systems of ethics and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/thought-cannot-avoid-the-ethical-or-reverence-and-love-for-all-life/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

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> [The thinking man must oppose all cruel customs no matter how deeply rooted in tradition or surrounded by a halo. We need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/the-thinking-man-must-oppose-all-cruel-customs-no-matter-how-deeply/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

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> [We need a boundless ethics which will include animals also.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/we-need-a-boundless-ethics-which-will-include-animals-also/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

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## More by Albert Schweitzer

> [Every patient carries her or his own doctor inside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/every-patient-carries-her-or-his-own-doctor-inside/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

> [Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/ethics-is-the-activity-of-man-directed-to-secure-the-inner-perfection/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

> [Because I have confidence in the power of truth, and of the spirit, I have confidence in the future of mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/because-i-have-confidence-in-the-power-of-truth-and-of-the-spirit-i/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

> [Man's ethics must not end with man, but should extend to the universe. He must regain the consciousness of the great Chain of Life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/man-s-ethics-must-not-end-with-man-but-should-extend-to-the-universe/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

> [Sincerity is the foundation of the spiritual life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/sincerity-is-the-foundation-of-the-spiritual-life/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

> [I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/i-am-life-that-wants-to-live-in-the-midst-of-life-that-wants-to-live/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

> [“ Bauer 's 'Criticism of the Gospel History' is worth a good dozen Lives of Jesus, because his work, as we are only now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/bauer-s-criticism-of-the-gospel-history-is-worth-a-good-dozen-lives/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

> [Ethics is in its unqualified form extended responsibility to everything that has life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/ethics-is-in-its-unqualified-form-extended-responsibility-to/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

> [The only way out of today's misery is for people to become worthy of each other's trust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/the-only-way-out-of-today-s-misery-is-for-people-to-become-worthy-of/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

> [When we observe contemporary society one thing strikes us. We debate but make no progress. Why? Because as peoples we do not yet trust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/when-we-observe-contemporary-society-one-thing-strikes-us-we-debate/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

> [For those who sincerely seek the truth should not fear the outcome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/for-those-who-sincerely-seek-the-truth-should-not-fear-the-outcome/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

> [The ethic of Reverence for Life is the ethic of Love widened into universality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/the-ethic-of-reverence-for-life-is-the-ethic-of-love-widened-into/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

> [I still remain convinced that truth, love, peaceableness, meekness, and kindness are the violence which can master all other violence. The world will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/i-still-remain-convinced-that-truth-love-peaceableness-meekness-and/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

> [Whatever you have received more than others-in health, in talents, in ability, in success, in a pleasant childhood, in harmonious conditions of home life-all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/whatever-you-have-received-more-than-others-in-health-in-talents-in/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

> [Every start on an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances looks sensible and likely to succeed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/every-start-on-an-untrodden-path-is-a-venture-which-only-in-unusual/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

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