Maxioms by Albert Schweitzer
By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.
By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.
A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to read more
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.
Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. That is what gives me the fundamental principle of morality, namely, that read more
Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. That 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.
The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures read more
The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures that come alive in others.
Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.
Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.
