"Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality"
- Albert Schweitzer
About this Quote
Albert Schweitzer's quote talks to the importance of respecting life in all its forms. He recommends that respect for life need to be the basis of our moral code. This means that we should deal with all living things with respect and self-respect, regardless of their species, race, or religious beliefs. We ought to aim to secure and maintain life, and to do no harm to any living creature. This concept of morality is not just appropriate to human beings, however to all living things. It is a pointer that we are all connected which our actions have effects for all living things. By acknowledging the importance of life, we can create a more thoughtful and just world.
"There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures"
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday"
