Top 10 albert schweitzer quotes ideas and inspiration

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

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.

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.

Soldiers' graves are the greatest preachers of peace.

The doctor of the future will be oneself.

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

As we acquire knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.

It isn't for the moment you are struck that you need courage, but for the long uphill climb back to sanity and faith and security.

Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.

True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness.

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.

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

The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.

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

Every patient carries her or his own doctor inside.

By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.

Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. This is what gives me the fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, promoting, and enhancing life, and that destroying, injuring, and limiting life are evil