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Knowing all truth is less than doing a little bit of good. — Albert Schweitzer

Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them. — Albert Schweitzer

The three most important ways to lead people are: ... by example ... by example ... by example. — Albert Schweitzer

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. — Albert Schweitzer

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. — Albert Schweitzer

Help me to fling my life like a flaming firebrand into the gathering darkness of the world. — Albert Schweitzer

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

Hear our humble prayer, O God. Make us, ourselves, to be true friends to the animals. — Albert Schweitzer

In the hopes of reaching the moon, we fail to see the flowers that blossom at our feet. — Albert Schweitzer

Reverence for life brings us into a spiritual relation with the world which is independent of all knowledge of the universe. — Albert Schweitzer

A good example has twice the value of good advice — Albert Schweitzer

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

Try to tell the people of America about Dr. Gerson's merits and ... results ... I wish you the best in your difficult task. — Albert Schweitzer

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

The future of civilisation depends on our overcoming the meaninglessness and hopelessness that characterizes the thoughts of men today. — Albert Schweitzer

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins. — Albert Schweitzer

In resigning ourselves to our fate without a struggle, we are guilty of inhumanity. — Albert Schweitzer

An idea is, in the end, always stronger than circumstances. — Albert Schweitzer

Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal. — Albert Schweitzer

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 — Albert Schweitzer

Be faithful to your love and you mill be recompensed beyond measure. — Albert Schweitzer

To me, good health is more than just exercise and diet. Its really a point of view and a mental attitude you have about yourself. — Albert Schweitzer

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

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives. -Albert Schweitzer — Albert Schweitzer

But you must do something more. Seek always to do some good, somewhere — Albert Schweitzer

Don't let your hearts grow numb. Stay alert. It is your soul which matters. — Albert Schweitzer

Renunciation of thinking is a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy. — Albert Schweitzer

I am conscious that meat eatingis not in accordance with the finer feelings,and I abstain from it whenever I can. — Albert Schweitzer

Those who experiment on animals should never be able to quiet their own conscience by telling themselves that these cruelties have a worthy aim. — Albert Schweitzer

The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions. — Albert Schweitzer

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

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

The gratitude that we encounter helps us believe in the goodness of the world, and strengthens us thereby to do what's good. — Albert Schweitzer

A thinking man feels compelled to approach all life with the same reverence he has for his own. — Albert Schweitzer

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

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. — Albert Schweitzer

It is the fate of every truth to be an object of ridicule when it is first acclaimed. — Albert Schweitzer

For those who sincerely seek the truth should not fear the outcome. — Albert Schweitzer

Man has the lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end up destroying the earth. — Albert Schweitzer

Let your life be your argument. — Albert Schweitzer

Reverence for life, veneratio vitae, is the most direct and at the same time the profoundest achievement of my will-to-live. — Albert Schweitzer

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

Good is that which promotes life, evil is that which destroys life — Albert Schweitzer

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

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

That's my private ant. You're liable to break its legs. — Albert Schweitzer

Love ... includes fellowship in suffering, in joy and in effort. — Albert Schweitzer

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. — Albert Schweitzer

Every patient carries his or her own doctor inside. — Albert Schweitzer

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

You ask me for a motto. Here it is: SERVICE. — Albert Schweitzer

One person can and does make a difference. — Albert Schweitzer

If you study life deeply, its profundity will seize you suddenly with dizziness. — Albert Schweitzer

Every start on an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances looks sensible and likely to succeed. — Albert Schweitzer

Love ... is a living reality. — Albert Schweitzer

If you truly desire happiness, seek and learn how to serve. — Albert Schweitzer

We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government. — Albert Schweitzer

Our age is bent on trying to make the barren tree of skepticism fruitful by tying the fruits of truth on its branches. — Albert Schweitzer

The disastrous feature of our civilization is that it is far more developed materially than spiritually. Its balance is disturbed. — Albert Schweitzer

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

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'. — Albert Schweitzer

Let us rejoice in the truth, wherever we find its lamp burning. — Albert Schweitzer

We need a boundless ethics which will include animals also. — Albert Schweitzer

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

The only ones who will find real happiness are those who find a way to serve — Albert Schweitzer

Love is the only thing that doubles every time it's given, said Albert Schweitzer. — Matthieu Ricard

My life is my argument. — Albert Schweitzer

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. — Albert Schweitzer

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

The result of the voyage does not depend on the speed of the ship, but on whether or not it keeps a true course. — Albert Schweitzer

The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil — Albert Schweitzer

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality. — Albert Schweitzer

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation. — Albert Schweitzer

It doesn't matter if an animal can reason. It matters only that it is capable of suffering and that is why I consider it my neighbor. — Albert Schweitzer

Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being. — Albert Schweitzer

Creative energy is the essence of all healing ... We physicians do nothing, we only help and encourage the physician within. — Albert Schweitzer

The great enemy of morality is indifference. — Albert Schweitzer

The gratitude ascending from man to God is the supreme transaction between heaven and earth. — Albert Schweitzer

It is not always granted to the sower to see the harvest. — Albert Schweitzer

Aim for service and success will follow! — Albert Schweitzer

The only way out of today's misery is for people to become worthy of each other's trust. — Albert Schweitzer

Ethical existence [is] the highest manifestation of spirituality. — Albert Schweitzer

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. — Albert Schweitzer

Arguing from facts never wins a definitive victory against skillfully presented opinion. — Albert Schweitzer

Your soul suffers if you live superficially. — Albert Schweitzer

Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. — Albert Schweitzer

Every patient carries her or his own doctor inside. — Albert Schweitzer

Grow into your ideals so that life cannot rob you of them. — Albert Schweitzer

If the extension of your compassion does not include all living beings, then you will be unable to find peace by yourself. — Albert Schweitzer

Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it. — Albert Schweitzer

At 20 everyone has the face that God gave them, at 40 the face that life gave them, and at 60 the face they earned. — Albert Schweitzer

I am life which wants to live admidst of lives that want to live. — Albert Schweitzer

If you own something you cannot give away, then you don't own it, it owns you. — Albert Schweitzer

I must forgive without noise or fuss. — Albert Schweitzer

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

Every person I have known who has been truly happy has learned how to serve others. — Albert Schweitzer

I too had thoughts once of being an intellectual, but I found it too difficult. — Albert Schweitzer

My life carries its own meaning in itself. — Albert Schweitzer

Do something good and someone might imitate it. — Albert Schweitzer

A man does not have to be an angel to be a saint. — Albert Schweitzer