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World Quotes by Albert Schweitzer
- Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay…
- The great fault of all ethics hitherto has been that they believed themselves to have to deal only with the relations of man to man.…
- Jesus means something to our world because a mighty spiritual force streams forth from him and flows through our being also. This fact can neither…
- Reverence for Life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life and that to destroy, harm,…
- The fellowship of those who bear the mark of pain: who are the members of this Fellowship? Those who have learnt by experience what physical…
- What does Reverence for Life say abut the relations between [humanity] and the animal world? Whenever I injury any kind of life I must be…
- All the kindness which a man puts out into the world works on the heart and thoughts of mankind.
- Because I have confidence in the power of truth and in the spirit, I believe in the future of mankind. Affirmation of the world and…
- We all know how important love is, yet how often is it really emoted or exhibited? What so many sick people in this world suffer…
- The last fact which knowledge can discover is that the world is a manifestation, and in every way a puzzling manifestation, of the universal will…
- You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.
- Our degeneration, when it is traced back to its origin in our view of the world really consists in the fact that true optimism has…
- The thinking man must oppose all cruel customs no matter how deeply rooted in tradition or surrounded by a halo. We need a boundless ethics…
- Reverence for life brings us into a spiritual relation with the world which is independent of all knowledge of the universe.
- There can be no Kingdom of God in the world without the Kingdom of God in our hearts.
- We ought all to make an effort to act on our first thoughts and let our unspoken gratitude find expression. Then there will be more…
- World-view is a product of life-view, not vice versa.
- I still remain convinced that truth, love, peaceableness, meekness, and kindness are the violence which can master all other violence. The world will be theirs…
- It seemed to me a matter of course that we should all take our share of the burden of pain which lies upon the world.
- At that point in life where your talent meets the needs of the world, that is where God wants you to be.
- In modern European thought a tragedy is occurring in that the original bonds uniting the affirmative attitude towards the world with ethics are, by a…
- It is not enough merely to exist. It's not enough to say, "I'm earning enough to support my family. I do my work well. I'm…
- By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and…
- Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of…
- Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the…
More World Quotes
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- The Third World is not a reality but an ideology. — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm… — Giorgio Armani
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is… — Richard Bach