Because I have confidence in the power of truth, and of the spirit, I have confidence in the future of mankind.
Interpretation
Belief in truth and the human spirit fosters hope for a better future.
This quote reflects the idea that confidence in truth and the inherent goodness of humanity is essential for hope in the progress of the future. Albert Schweitzer emphasizes the importance of believing in the virtues of truth and the spirit, suggesting that these elements are foundational for a positive outlook on mankind's potential.
In practice
This quote can inspire a crowd during a motivational speech about overcoming challenges.
I do not want to frighten you by telling you about the temptations life will bring. Anyone who is healthy in spirit will overcome them. But there is something I want you to realize. It does not matter so much what you do. What matters is whether your soul is harmed by what you do. If your soul is harmed, something irreparable happens, the extent of which you won't realize until it will be too late.
Within every patient there resides a doctor, and we as physicians are at our best when we we put our patients in touch with the doctor inside themselves.
By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.
No one can give a definition of the soul. But we know what it feels like. The soul is the sense of something higher than ourselves, something that stirs in us thoughts, hopes, and aspirations which go out to the world of goodness, truth and beauty. The soul is a burning desire to breathe in this world of light and never to lose it--to remain children of light.
The mistake made by all previous systems of ethics has been the failure to recognize that life as such is the mysterious value with which they have to deal. All spiritual life meets us within natural life. Reverence for life, therefore, is applied to natural life and spiritual life alike. In the parable of Jesus, the shepherd saves not merely the soul of the lost sheep but the whole animal. The stronger the reverence for natural life, the stronger grows also that for spiritual life.
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
Is your heart right? If your heart isn't right, fix it up today.
There cannot be a sense of abundance or the experience of prosperity without appreciation. You cannot find beauty unless you appreciate beauty. You cannot find friendship unless you appreciate others. You cannot find love unless you appreciate loving and being loved. If you wish abundance, appreciate life.
If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed οΏ½ but hate these things in yourself, not in another.
Everyone is influenced by everybody but you bring it down home the way you feel it.
One thing I've always loved about the culture at Microsoft is there is nobody who is tougher on us, in terms of what we need to learn and do better, than the people in the company itself. You can walk down these halls, and they'll tell you, 'We need to do usability better, push this or that frontier.'
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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