“Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.” — Albert Schweitzer Quote

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

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.

Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world any more. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.

A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

You can't afford to rest on your laurels at all, or you'll instantly be on the bench.

A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted.

How long must the American community afford special treatment to blacks?

The French have got to understand that a film is so expensive that it can no longer afford to be regional or even national in scope.

None of the people who wrote Obamacare want anything to do with it. None of the people responsible for Obamacare can afford it. They all want subsidies. None of the people that gave us Obamacare have any desire to actually go to HealthCare.gov and sign up. That's for you and me to have to do.