Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Albert Schweitzer

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

“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.”

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

Create image

Author

Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer, born on January 14, 1875, and died on September 4, 1965, was a German theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician. He is renowned for his missionary work in Africa. more

You May Also Like

“I think there will come a time when civilized people will look back in horror on our generation and the ones that have preceded it; the idea that we should eat other living things running around on four legs, that we should raise them just for the purpose of killing them! The people of the future will say 'meat-eaters' in disgust and regard us in the same way that we regard cannibals and cannibalism.”

PeopleThinkingWayShouldLooksIdeasRunningPurposeHumanityAnimalFourGenerationsHorrorRegardRaisesKillingLegsMeatCivilizedVegetarianDisgustingLiving ThingsVegetarianismOur GenerationVegetarian HealthCannibalCannibalism
Author:Dennis Weaver
Create image

“A kitten is the most irresistible comedian in the world. Its wide-open eyes gleam with wonder and mirth. It darts madly at nothing at all, and then, as though suddenly checked in the pursuit, prances sideways on its hind legs with ridiculous agility and zeal.”

WorldEyeHumanityAnimalWonderCatLegsWideRidiculousPursuitComedianZealIrresistibleKittenMirthGleamSidewaysAgilityFunny CatDartsOpen Eyes
Book:In the Dozy Hours, and Other Papers
Create image