Quote by Albert Schweitzer
Let me give you one definition of ethics: It is good to maintain l

Let me give you one definition of ethics: It is good to maintain life and to further life; it is bad to damage and destroy life. And this ethic, profound, universal, has the significance of a religion. It is religion. – Albert Schweitzer

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Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light. – Albert Schweitzer

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Just as white light consists of colored rays, so reverence for life contains all the components of ethics: love, kindliness, sympathy, empathy, peacefulness and power to forgive. – Albert Schweitzer

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The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character. – Stephen Covey

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From the poetry of Lord Byron they drew a system of ethics compounded of misanthropy and voluptuousness–a system in which the two great commandments were to hate your neighbor and to love your neighbors wife. – Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Evangelical faith without Christian ethics is a travesty on the gospel. – V. Raymond Edman

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Were given a code to live our lives by. We dont always follow it, but its still there. – Gary Oldman

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