Albert Schweitzer

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Albert Schweitzer

Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.

Communication Compassion Doctor

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Albert Schweitzer

I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words.

Compassion ethics Humanity

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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.

Humor illness mortality

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Albert Schweitzer

Serious illness doesn’t bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

existentialism Isolation Loneliness

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Albert Schweitzer

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 Jesus, in thought and especially in deed.

ethics Life Morality

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Albert Schweitzer

The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.

Community Humanity interconnectedness

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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.

Community Compassion empathy

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Albert Schweitzer

We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger.

Adversity Patience Perseverance

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Albert Schweitzer

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.

Morality Philosophy Religion

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Albert Schweitzer

By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.

Action ethics Faith

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Albert Schweitzer

Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.

Creation Destruction Philosophy

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Albert Schweitzer

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.

Compassion ethics Humanity

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Albert Schweitzer

If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.

Nature Philosophy Positive

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Albert Schweitzer

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 alive.

Faith Love Philosophy

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Albert Schweitzer

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.

Destruction Earth environmentalism

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Albert Schweitzer

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

Compassion ethics evolution

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Albert Schweitzer

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.

Compassion destiny fulfillment

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Albert Schweitzer

I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

Appreciation Beauty Life

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Albert Schweitzer

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 trembling of a leaf.

encouragement Gratitude Hope

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Albert Schweitzer

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

fulfillment Happiness Purpose