schweitzer Quotes

“Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.”

“Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.”

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

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

“A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.”

“The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.”

“Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.”

“A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.”

“By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive.”

“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.”