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. Albert Schweitzer More Quotes by Albert Schweitzer More Quotes From Albert Schweitzer Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals. Albert Schweitzer learning responsibility exercise Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always. Albert Schweitzer truth time integrity Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. Extract from 'Memories of childhood and youth.' Albert Schweitzer animal men memories A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him. Albert Schweitzer thinking-man animal men Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life. Albert Schweitzer reverence-for-life ethics morality I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live. Albert Schweitzer midst want No ray of sunlight is ever lost, but the green which it awakes into existence needs time to sprout, and it is not always granted to the sower to see the harvest. All work that is worth anything is done in faith. Albert Schweitzer rays faith needs Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world. Albert Schweitzer hard-times pain lying 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. Albert Schweitzer deep-life yoga spiritual No man need fear death, he need fear only that he may die without having known his greatest power: the power of his free will to give his life for others Albert Schweitzer giving men needs You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too. Albert Schweitzer volunteer helping-others brother The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings. Albert Schweitzer rhyming loyalty peace The great fault of all ethics hitherto has been that they believed themselves to have to deal only with the relations of man to man. In reality, however, the question is what is his attitude to the world and all life that comes within his reach. Albert Schweitzer attitude men life We need a boundless ethics which will include animals also. Albert Schweitzer philosophical animal needs The only way out of today's misery is for people to become worthy of each other's trust. Albert Schweitzer today people way Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live unreflectively and begins to devote himself to his life with reverence in order to raise it to its true value. To affirm life is to deepen, to make more inward, and to exalt the will. Albert Schweitzer spiritual men life Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. This 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. Albert Schweitzer inspirational-life evil integrity Search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity. Albert Schweitzer ifs humanity may The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is. Albert Schweitzer proof earth spirit Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality. Albert Schweitzer personality perfection men
