The quiet conscience is the invention of the devil. No one of us may permit any preventable pain to be inflicted even though the responsibility for that pain is not ours. No one may shut his eyes and think that… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share
Because I have confidence in the power of truth, and of the spirit, I have confidence in the future of mankind. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share
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… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share
I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share
“ Bauer 's 'Criticism of the Gospel History' is worth a good dozen Lives of Jesus, because his work, as we are only now… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share
Ethics is in its unqualified form extended responsibility to everything that has life. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share
The only way out of today's misery is for people to become worthy of each other's trust. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share
When we observe contemporary society one thing strikes us. We debate but make no progress. Why? Because as peoples we do not yet trust… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share
The ethic of Reverence for Life is the ethic of Love widened into universality. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share
I still remain convinced that truth, love, peaceableness, meekness, and kindness are the violence which can master all other violence. The world will be… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share
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… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share
Every start on an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances looks sensible and likely to succeed. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share
