Albert Schweitzer

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

The time will come when public opinion will no longer tolerate amusements based on the mistreatment and killing of animals. read more

The time will come when public opinion will no longer tolerate amusements based on the mistreatment and killing of animals. The time will come, but when? When will we reach the point that hunting, the pleasure in killing animals for sport, will be regarded as a mental aberration?

Truth has not special time of its own. Its hour is now-always and indeed then most truly when it seems read more

Truth has not special time of its own. Its hour is now-always and indeed then most truly when it seems unsuitable to actual circumstances. -Albert Schweitzer.

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than read more

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.

Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to read more

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