We must never permit the voice of humanity within us to be silenced. It is man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man.
Albert Schweitzer

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
Albert Schweitzer

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
Albert Schweitzer

Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of worthless human lives.
Albert Schweitzer

Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.
Albert Schwei...

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We must never permit the voice of humanity within us to be silenced. It is man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man.
Albert Schweitzer

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
Albert Schweitzer

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
Albert Schweitzer

Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of worthless human lives.
Albert Schweitzer

Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.
Albert Schweitzer

Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live unreflectively and begins to devote himself to his life with reverence in order to raise it to its true value. To affirm life is to deepen, to make more inward, and to exalt the will.
Albert Schweitzer

Any religion or philosophy, which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.
Albert Schweitzer