Albert Schweitzer Quotes

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

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The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
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A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him.
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Only through love can we obtain communion with God.
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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.
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Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.
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Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.
– Albert Schweitzer

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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.
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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

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Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.
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By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.
– Albert Schweitzer

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

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

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

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The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed is the nourishment the soul requires.
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Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.
– Albert Schweitzer

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Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now – always.
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Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.
– Albert Schweitzer

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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

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

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

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

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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

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Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
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Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
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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.
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