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Albert Schweitzer Quotes

Albert Schweitzer quotes about life

Deutsch Theologian January 14, 1875 – September 4, 1965

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The thinking (person) must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another. Albert Schweitzer
In the past we have tried to make a distinction between animals which we acknowledge have some value and other which, having none, can be liquidated when we wish. This standard must be abandoned. Everything that lives has value simply as a living thing, as one of the manifestations of the mystery that is life. Albert Schweitzer
The thinking man must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another, even the lowliest creature; but to do so is to renounce our manhood and shoulder a guilt which nothing justifies. Albert Schweitzer
Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me. Albert Schweitzer
True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness: 'I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer quote: "The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion..."
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer quote: "As we know life in ourselves we want to understand life in the..."
As we know life in ourselves we want to understand life in the universe in order to enter into harmony with it. Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer quote: "I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants..."
I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live. Albert Schweitzer
A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives. Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer quote: "The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives...."
The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives. -Albert Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer quote: "The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives."
The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives. Albert Schweitzer
I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics. Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer quote: "If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will..."
If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life. Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer quote: "Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it..."
Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier. Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer quote: "Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life."
Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life. Albert Schweitzer

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