It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man. Albert Schweitzer More Quotes by Albert Schweitzer More Quotes From Albert Schweitzer We need a boundless ethic, one which will include the animals, too. Until we extend the circle of his compassions to all living things, we will not find peace. Albert Schweitzer circlescompassionanimal O heavenly Father, protect and bless all things that have breath: guard them from all evil and let them sleep in peace. Albert Schweitzer evilsleepfather Your life is something opaque, not transparent, as long as you look at it in an ordinary human way. But if you hold it up against the light of God's goodness, it shines and turns transparent, radiant and bright. And then you ask yourself in amazement: Is this really my own life I see before me? Albert Schweitzer shininglightlong Affirmation of the world, which means affirmation of the will-to-live that manifests itself around me, is only possible if I devote myself to other life. Albert Schweitzer affirmationmeanworld The stronger the reverence for natural life, the stronger grows also that for spiritual life. Albert Schweitzer reverence-for-lifestrongerspiritual I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words. Albert Schweitzer doctorsgivingyears The ethic of Reverence for Life prompts us to keep each other alert to what troubles us and to speak and act dauntlessly together in discharging the responsibility that we feel. It keeps us watching together for opportunities to bring some sort of help to animals in recompense for the great misery that men inflict upon them, and thus for a moment we escape from the incomprehensible horror of existence. Albert Schweitzer responsibilityopportunityanimal Think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flames within us. Albert Schweitzer thanksgivingthankfulthank-you We all owe to others much of the gentleness and wisdom that we have made our own; and we may well ask ourselves what will others owe to us Albert Schweitzer wellsmademay Mysticism occurs whenever a human being sees the separation between the natural and the supernatural, between the temporal and the eternal, as overcome. Albert Schweitzer separationovercomingnatural The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions. Albert Schweitzer devotion-to-godgitaprofound Creative energy is the essence of all healing...We physicians do nothing, we only help and encourage the physician within. Albert Schweitzer creativeessencehealing It seemed incredible to me, that physical courage should be so commonplace and revered, while moral courage . . . is so rare and despised. Albert Schweitzer incrediblesmoralshould To the truly ethical man, all of life is sacred, including forms of life that from the human point of view may seem lower than ours. Albert Schweitzer viewsanimalmen Help me to fling my life like a flaming firebrand into the gathering darkness of the world. Albert Schweitzer darknessgatheringworld It is through the idealism of youth that man catches sight of truth, and in that idealism he possesses a wealth which he must never exchange for anything else. Albert Schweitzer truthbirthdaymen We are united with all life that is in nature. Man can no longer live his life for himself alone. Albert Schweitzer unitedmen The greatest living person in the world is some individual who at this very moment has gone in love to help another. Albert Schweitzer gonehelpingworld Rational thinking which is free from assumptions ends therefore in mysticism. To relate oneself in the spirit of reverence for life to the multiform manifestations of the will-to-live which together constitute the world is ethical mysticism. All profound world-view is mysticism, the essence of which is just this: that out of my unsophisticated and naïve existence in the world there comes, as a result of thought about self and the world, spiritual self-devotion to the mysterious infinite Will which is continuously manifested in the universe. Albert Schweitzer selfspiritualthinking A thinking man feels compelled to approach all life with the same reverence he has for his own. Albert Schweitzer petmenthinking
