Inspiring Quotes by Albert Schweitzer - Page 2

"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"

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

"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"

"The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries"

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

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

"The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve"

"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit"

"The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character"

"The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up"