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Humanity Quotes by Albert Schweitzer

“If people would wake that feeling of compassion within themselves, the suffering of others would affect them more often, and the desire to alleviate it, if not prevent it, would grow inside them. Then, the active involvement in the suffering... ...
Albert Schweitzer
“Dare to face the situation... Man has become a superman... But the superman with the superhuman power has not risen to the level of superhuman reason. To the degree which his power grows he becomes more and more a poor... ...
Albert Schweitzer
“Never for a moment do we lay aside our mistrust of the ideals established by society, and of the convictions which are kept by it in circulation. We always know that society is full of folly and will deceive us... ...
Albert Schweitzer
“Today it is considered as exaggeration to proclaim constant respect for every form of life as being the serious demand of a rational ethic. But the time is coming when people will be amazed that the human race existed so... ...
Albert Schweitzer
“Who shall enumerate the many ways in which that costly piece of fixed capital, a human being , may be employed! More of him is wanted everywhere! Hunt, then, for some situation in which your humanity may be used.”
Albert Schweitzer
“All people are endowed with the faculty of compassion, and for this reason can develop the humanitarian spirit.”
Albert Schweitzer
“Because I have confidence in the power of truth, and of the spirit, I have confidence in the future of mankind.”
Albert Schweitzer
“I have given up the ambition to be a great scholar. I want to be more- simply a human. . . . We are not true humans, but beings who live by a civilization inherited from the past, that keeps... ...
Albert Schweitzer
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