"The future of civilisation depends on our overcoming……" — Albert Schweitzer
"The future of civilisation depends on our overcoming the meaninglessness and hopelessness that characterizes the thoughts of men today."
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298 Quotes by Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer has 298 quotes on this site.
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Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for…
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The great fault of all ethics hitherto has been that they believed themselves to have to deal only with the…
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I am certain and have always stressed that the destination of mankind is to become more and more humane. The…
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The man who has become a thinking being feels a compulsion to give every will-to-live the same reverence for life…
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Jesus means something to our world because a mighty spiritual force streams forth from him and flows through our being…
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Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself.
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Every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary.
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Man has become a superman ... because he not only disposes oinnate, physical forces, but because he is in command…
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Whatever you have received more than others-in health, in talents, in ability, in success, in a pleasant childhood, in harmonious…
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Reverence for Life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life…
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One person can and does make a difference.
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Animal protection is education to the humanity.
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What most clearly characterizes true freedom and its true employment is its misemployment.
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It is not knowing, but the love of learning, that characterizes the scientific man.
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A friend of mine characterizes leaders simply like this: Leaders don't inflict pain. They bear pain.
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