Albert Schweitzer Quotes

Alsatian polymath. He was a theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician.

We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will – his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

The only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats…
– Albert Schweitzer

0

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you do, you will be successful.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

The doctor of the future will be oneself.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed is the nourishment the soul requires.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

From native simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

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

0

Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

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

0

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

The human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret…. It has come to believe 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.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

Only through love can we obtain communion with God.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

No ray of sunshine is ever lost but the green that it awakens takes time to sprout, and it is not always given the sower to see the harvest.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

As we acquire knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

If you love something so much let it go. If it comes back it was meant to be; if it doesn’t it never was.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

We are, after all, only trustees of the wealth we possess. Without the community and its resources… there would be little wealth for anyone.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures that come alive in others.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Everyman has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. Even if it’s a little thing, do something for those who need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it. For remember, you don’t live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now – always.
– Albert Schweitzer

0

Copyright © 2006-2023 - Browse Quotes By Subject | Browse Quotes By Author | About Us | Blog | FAQ | Privacy Policy