--- title: "13 Ethical Quotes By Albert Schweitzer" description: "13 Ethical quotes by Albert Schweitzer. Plus more from Albert Schweitzer and more Ethical sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6d/albert-schweitzer-701_animal_by-ethical-conduct-toward-all-creatures_177875.jpg" --- > [By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/by-ethical-conduct-toward-all-creatures-we-enter-into-a-spiritual/) [Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6d/albert-schweitzer-701_animal_by-ethical-conduct-toward-all-creatures_177875.jpg) > [ Ethical existence \[is\] the highest manifestation of spirituality. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/ethical-existence-is-the-highest-manifestation-of-spirituality/) [Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/018/albert-schweitzer-701_character_ethical-existence-is-the-highest-manifes_2654987.jpg) > [Only an ethical movement can rescue us from barbarism, and the ethical comes into existence only in individuals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/only-an-ethical-movement-can-rescue-us-from-barbarism-and-the-ethical/) [Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d60/albert-schweitzer-701_barbarism_only-an-ethical-movement-can-rescue-us-f_1341831.jpg) > [A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/a-man-is-ethical-only-when-life-as-such-is-sacred-to-him/) [Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbf/albert-schweitzer-701_animal_a-man-is-ethical-only-when-life-as-such_2955785.jpg) > [To the truly ethical man, all of life is sacred, including forms of life that from the human point of view may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/to-the-truly-ethical-man-all-of-life-is-sacred-including-forms-of/) [Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/albert-schweitzer-701_animal_to-the-truly-ethical-man-all-of-life-is_226696.jpg) > [A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/a-man-is-truly-ethical-only-when-he-obeys-the-compulsion-to-help-all/) [Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/albert-schweitzer-701_able_a-man-is-truly-ethical-only-when-he-obey_3103288.jpg) > [A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/a-man-is-ethical-only-when-life-as-such-is-sacred-to-him-that-of/) [Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f9/albert-schweitzer-701_ethical_a-man-is-ethical-only-when-life-as-such_2917862.jpg) > [The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery. Neither knowledge nor hope for the future can be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/the-highest-knowledge-is-to-know-that-we-are-surrounded-by-mystery-2/) [Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f2/albert-schweitzer-701_decision_the-highest-knowledge-is-to-know-that-we_1662878.jpg) > [Civilization can only revive when there shall come into being in a number of individuals a new tone of mind, independent of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/civilization-can-only-revive-when-there-shall-come-into-being-in-a-2/) [Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/albert-schweitzer-701_barbarism_civilization-can-only-revive-when-there_3140525.jpg) > [Ethics cannot be based upon our obligations toward people, but they are complete and natural only when we feel this Reverence for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/ethics-cannot-be-based-upon-our-obligations-toward-people-but-they/) [Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba4/albert-schweitzer-701_compassion_ethics-cannot-be-based-upon-our-obligati_503877.jpg) > [Rational thinking which is free from assumptions ends therefore in mysticism. To relate oneself in the spirit of reverence for life to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/rational-thinking-which-is-free-from-assumptions-ends-therefore-in/) [Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/albert-schweitzer-701_assumption_rational-thinking-which-is-free-from-ass_1482712.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/084/albert-schweitzer-701_abandon_thought-cannot-avoid-the-ethical-or-reve_1235814.jpg) > [To the man who is truly ethical all life is sacred, including that which from the human point of view seems lower…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/to-the-man-who-is-truly-ethical-all-life-is-sacred-including-that/) [Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f73/albert-schweitzer-701_acting_to-the-man-who-is-truly-ethical-all-life_3110711.jpg) ## Other authors on Ethical ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": 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I think that this ethic will become more and more recognized because of its great naturalness and because it is the foundation of a true humanism toward which we must strive if our culture is to become truly ethical.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert Schweitzer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/ethics-cannot-be-based-upon-our-obligations-toward-people-but-they/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba4/albert-schweitzer-701_compassion_ethics-cannot-be-based-upon-our-obligati_503877.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba4/albert-schweitzer-701_compassion_ethics-cannot-be-based-upon-our-obligati_503877.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba4/albert-schweitzer-701_compassion_ethics-cannot-be-based-upon-our-obligati_503877.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ethics cannot be based upon our obligations toward people, but they are complete and natural only when we…” — Albert Schweitzer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Rational thinking which is free from assumptions ends therefore in mysticism. To relate oneself in the spirit of reverence for life to the multiform manifestations of the will-to-live which together constitute the world is ethical mysticism. 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