Kindness and Compassion
Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.
I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
The human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret... It has come to believed that compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.-
It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that truly makes him a man. Until he extends his circle of compassion to all living things, man himself will not find peace.
Albert Schweitzer (German Medical Missionary, Theologian, Musician and Philosopher. 1952 Nobel Peace Prize, 1875-1965