Quotessence
Home / Authors / Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer Quotes

Theologian

Filter quotes by topic

AllMenWorldAnimalIfsLifeReverence For LifeEthicsHelpingReverenceThinkingSpiritGivingWayLife IsSpiritualHumanityHumansKnowsPeopleCompassion

Famous Albert Schweitzer Quotes

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

PeopleKindCausesUnderstandingCompassionKindnessSunRelationshipHumilityConstantAccomplishKarmaIceGenerosityBe KindMisunderstandingHostilityMistrustKindness And CompassionKind WordsGoodness And KindnessInspirational KindnessKindness To OthersWords Of KindnessKind HeartHappy RelationshipEvaporationMelting AwayMelting Ice
Book:The Teaching of Reverence for Life
Create image

“The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.”

InspirationalHumansHelpingShowsLife IsPurposeHumanityCompassionEmpathyEmpowermentHelping OthersHuman LifeSympathyCompassionateServing OthersLove And CompassionInspirational KindnessMy SympathyReverence For LifeCompassion For OthersYour Purpose In LifeHelping Others In NeedSympathy CondolencesHuman CompassionCondolences And SympathyCompassion For YourselfSympathy MessagesSympathy For A FriendHelping Humanity
Author:Albert Schweitzer
Create image

“Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.”

IfsDoeFreedomAnimalCompassionKindnessMankindCreaturesLimitsEthicsRootsEmbraceDepthCrueltyVegetarianVeganAnimal RightsAnimal WelfareAnimal CrueltyLiving CreaturesAnimal LoveLove And CompassionBreadthKindness And CompassionHuman AnimalAnimal WorldSentient BeingsHumans And AnimalsPet AnimalsAnimal LifeAnimal CompassionThinking ManAnimal EthicsCruel WorldAnimal TestingAnimals In NatureNature And AnimalsCompassion For YourselfSmall CreaturesRespect LifeHuman Beings And Animals
Book:A Selection of Writings of and about Albert Schweitzer
Create image

“We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as much as we do. True humanity does not allow us to impose such sufferings on them. It is our duty to make the whole world recognize it. Until we extend our circle of compassion to all living things, humanity will not find peace.”

WorldDoeWholeSpiritSufferingHumanityFightingAnimalCompassionDutyTreatsCirclesWhole WorldCrueltyWelfareUnconsciousPetAnimal RightsPhilanthropyLiving ThingsFurFinding PeaceAnimal WelfareAnimal CrueltyHuman AnimalAnimal WorldAnimal CompassionAnimal EthicsCruel WorldAnimal TestingKindness To AnimalsAnimal RescueHuman CrueltyAnimal Suffering
Author:Albert Schweitzer
Create image

“For animals that are overworked, underfed, and cruelly treated; for all wistful creatures in captivity that beat their wings against bars; for any that are hunted or lost or deserted or frightened or hungry; for all that must be put to death...and for those who deal with them we ask a heart of compassion and gentle hands and kindly words.”

HeartHandsAsksLostAnimalDealsCompassionCreaturesBeatsWingsBarsHungryTreatedGentleFrightenedDesertedCaptivityHunted
Author:Albert Schweitzer
Create image

“Ethics cannot be based upon our obligations toward people, but they are complete and natural only when we feel this Reverence for Life and the desire to have compassion for and to help all creatures insofar as it is in our power. I think that this ethic will become more and more recognized because of its great naturalness and because it is the foundation of a true humanism toward which we must strive if our culture is to become truly ethical.”

PeopleIfsThinkingLifeFeelsHelpingDesireCultureNaturalCompassionInspirational LifeCreaturesEthicsFoundationStriveHumanismObligationEthicalInsightfulReverenceReverence For Life
Author:Albert Schweitzer
Create image

“If there is anything I have learned about men and women, it is that there is a deeper spirit of altruism than is ever evident. Just as the rivers we see are minor compared to the underground streams, so, too, the idealism that is visible is minor compared to what people carry in their hearts unreleased or scarcely released.”

PeopleIfsMenHeartSpiritCompassionMen And WomenRiversDeeperStreamsVisibleMinorsI Have LearnedAltruismIdealismEvident
Author:Albert Schweitzer
Create image

“What does Reverence for Life say abut the relations between [humanity] and the animal world? Whenever I injury any kind of life I must be quite certain that it is necessary. I must never go beyond the unavoidable, not even in apparently insignificant things. The farmer who has mowed down a thousand flowers in his meadow in order to feed his cows must be careful on his way home not to strike the head off a single flower by the side of the road in idle amusement, for he thereby infringes on the law of life without being under the pressure of necessity.”

WorldWayKindDoeHomeLawCertainHumanityOrderSidesAnimalCompassionFlowerThousandRelationPressureCarefulStrikesInjuryFarmersBe CarefulReverenceCowsIdleInsignificantAmusementMeadowsAnimal WorldWay HomeLaws Of LifeReverence For LifeInsignificant Things
Author:Albert Schweitzer
Create image