6 Albert Schweitzer Quotes on Kindness

Albert Schweitzer quotes on kindness

34. 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. The roots of cruelty, therefore, are not so much strong as widespread. But the time must come when inhumanity protected by custom and thoughtlessness will succumb before humanity championed by thought. Let us work that this time may come.

73. Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

76. Do something for somebody every day for which you do not get paid.

77. Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

88. I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.

117. To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course.