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Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.

Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.

Albert Schweitzer
Nature, Men, Society
Albert Schweitzer (1984). “The Words of Albert Schweitzer”

The deeper we look into nature, the more we recognize that it is full of life, and the more profoundly we know that all life is a secret and that we are united with all life that is in nature.

Albert Schweitzer
Inspirational, Spiritual, Nature
Albert Schweitzer (2014). “Reverence for Life: The Ethics of Albert Schweitzer for the Twenty-First Century”, p.25, Open Road Media

By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.

Albert Schweitzer
Spiritual, Nature, Animal
Albert Schweitzer (1966). “The Teaching of Reverence for Life”

The thinking (person) must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another.

Albert Schweitzer
Nature, Philosophical, Animal

My life is full of meaning to me. The life around me must be full of significance to itself. If I am to expect others to respect my life, then I must respect the other life I see.

Albert Schweitzer
Nature, Animal, Life Is
"Kulturphilosophie". Book by Albert Schweitzer, Vol. 2: Civilization and Ethics, 1923.

Man has become a superman ... because he not only disposes oinnate, physical forces, but because he is in command ... olatent forces in nature and because he can put them to his service.... But the essential fact we must surely all feel in our hearts ... is that we are becoming inhuman in proportion as we become supermen.

Albert Schweitzer
Nature, Heart, Men

The friend of nature is the man who feels himself inwardly united with everything that lives in nature, who shares in the fate of all creatures, helps them when he can in their pain and need, and as far as possible avoids injuring or taking life.

Albert Schweitzer
Nature, Pain, Fate

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