Albert Schweitzer Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
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.
In case my life should end with the cannibals, I hope they will write on my tombstone, 'We have eaten Dr. Schweitzer. He was good to the end.'
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.
The future of civilisation depends on our overcoming the meaninglessness and hopelessness that characterizes the thoughts of men today.
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.
Truth has not special time of its own. Its hour is now - always and, indeed then most truly, when it seems unsuitable to actual circumstances.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
We must never allow the voice of humanity within us to be silenced. It is humanity's sympathy with all creatures that first makes us truly human.
I am certain and have always stressed that the destination of mankind is to become more and more humane. The ideal of humanity has to be revived.
It seemed incredible to me, that physical courage should be so commonplace and revered, while moral courage ... is so rare and despised.
Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.
O heavenly Father,
protect and bless all things
that have breath: guard them
from all evil and let them sleep in peace.
protect and bless all things
that have breath: guard them
from all evil and let them sleep in peace.
Ideals are thoughts. So long as they exist merely as thoughts, the power in them remains ineffective.
Any profound view of the world is mysticism. It has, of course, to deal with life and the world, both of which are nonrational entities.
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
All people are endowed with the faculty of compassion, and for this reason can develop the humanitarian spirit.
It seemed to me a matter of course that we should all take our share of the burden of pain which lies upon the world.
Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.
The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.
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.
Do not lose heart, even if you must wait a bit before finding the right thing. Be prepared for disappointment also, but do not abandon the quest.
The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.
A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.
Our age is bent on trying to make the barren tree of skepticism fruitful by tying the fruits of truth on its branches.
The disastrous feature of our civilization is that it is far more developed materially than spiritually. Its balance is disturbed.
Late upon the third day, at the very moment when, at sunset ... there flashed upon my mind, unforseen and unsought, the phrase 'Reverence for Life'.
The the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hope are optimistic.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
Creative energy is the essence of all healing ... We physicians do nothing, we only help and encourage the physician within.
I am conscious that meat eatingis not in accordance with the finer feelings,and I abstain from it whenever I can.
When we observe contemporary society one thing strikes us. We debate but make no progress. Why? Because as peoples we do not yet trust each other.
Today ... we know that all living beings who strive to maintain life and who long to be spared pain - all living beings on earth - are our neighbors.
The harvested fields bathed in the autumn mist speak of God and his goodness far more vividly than any human lips.
Passes he stands for a moment close to us, as though illumined by a flash of lightning. Then we see him as he really is. After
Those who experiment on animals should never be able to quiet their own conscience by telling themselves that these cruelties have a worthy aim.
The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions.