More from Albert Schweitzer

  1. Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm…
  2. One does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.
  3. Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.
  4. One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history…
  5. Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
  6. One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
  7. Let no one regard as light the burden of his responsibility. While so much ill-treatment of animals goes on, while the moans of thirsty ani…
  8. Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

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