Albert Schweitzer Quotes

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.

The human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret.... It has come to believe that 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

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it is all a sham.

It is straightforward for me to be ethical, responsible, and kind-hearted because I have the resources to support that.

If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.

I believe in preventing cruelty to all living beings in any form.

Courage without compassion can wreak havoc on our civilization.

What is the purpose of our might if we do not use it for good.

I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and sense of responsibility with or without religion.

The act of feeling what you believe other people feel is morally corosive.... If we want to be good and caring people, if we want to make the world a better place, then we are better off withouit empathy.

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

Kindness to animals seems to me to be one of the most rudimentary lessons of all.

Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be.

For me, life is about experience and being a good person.

Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings.

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.

Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for them; and so, perhaps, it would, if they had it.

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.

No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

Whether or not we are religious, respecting others should be seen as just as important as looking out for ourselves, yet it requires discipline to change our bad habits that cause pain to animals.