"Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life." — Albert Schweitzer

"Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life."

— Albert Schweitzer

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298 Quotes by Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer has 298 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for…
The great fault of all ethics hitherto has been that they believed themselves to have to deal only with the…
I am certain and have always stressed that the destination of mankind is to become more and more humane. The…
The man who has become a thinking being feels a compulsion to give every will-to-live the same reverence for life…
Jesus means something to our world because a mighty spiritual force streams forth from him and flows through our being…
Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself.
Every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary.
Man has become a superman ... because he not only disposes oinnate, physical forces, but because he is in command…
Whatever you have received more than others-in health, in talents, in ability, in success, in a pleasant childhood, in harmonious…
Reverence for Life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life…
One person can and does make a difference.
Animal protection is education to the humanity.

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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. — Isaac Asimov
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I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way… — Richard Bach
Respect is what we owe; love, what we give. — Philip James Bailey
Great necessities call out great virtues. — Abigail Adams
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