Quotes By Albert Schweitzer

We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger.

By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive.

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.

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.

Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.

The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

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

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words.

Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

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

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

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

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

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.

Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them.

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.

Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed.