478 Quotes by Albert Schweitzer

Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace. - The Philosophy of Civilization.

O heavenly Father, protect and bless all things that have breath: guard them from all evil and let them sleep in peace.

Every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary.

Through the power which we win over the forces of nature we get also a gruesome kind of power over our fellow human beings. - Out of My Life and Thoughts.

The the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hope are optimistic.

We ought all to make an effort to act on our first thoughts and let our unspoken gratitude find expression. Then there will be more sunshine in the world, and more power to work for what is good.

This new form of activity medicine I could not represent to myself as talking about the religion of love, but only as an actual putting it into practice.

The stronger the reverence for natural life, the stronger grows also that for spiritual life.

My view is that we stand up for treating the animals in a considerate way, for completely renouncing the eating of meat and also for speaking out against it. This is what I do myself. And in this way many a one becomes aware of a problem that was put forward so late.