Albert Schweitzer ( 10 of 58 )
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.
Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.
A good example has twice the value of good advice
A good example has twice the value of good advice
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.
There are two means of refuge from the misery of life -- music and cats.
There are two means of refuge from the misery of life -- music and cats.
We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.
We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.
Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with read more
Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.
Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now-always.
Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now-always.
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human
being. Each of us owes deepest thanks read more
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.
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. . read more
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. . . The truly wise person is colorblind.
