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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

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

The big guys, the big dogs, are going to own everything from the White House to the courthouse. — Brian 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

You can't pay for healthcare if we're sending a trillion dollars a year to dictators. — Brian Schweitzer

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

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

We work for the families back home, we do not work for the lobbyists that prowl the halls of the capital building, do not forget who we work for. — Brian 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

One person can and does make a difference. — 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

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

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

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

Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal. — 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

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

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

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

We can push Montana forward and we can do it with out raising taxes. — Brian Schweitzer

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

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

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

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

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

Let your life be your argument. — 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

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

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

God, she was convinced, would look the other way. It was Christmas after all. — Dahlia Schweitzer

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

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

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

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

I do feel a lot more comfortable when my dog is with me. — Brian Schweitzer

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

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

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

No, money is power. — Brian 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

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

Aim for service and success will follow! — 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

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

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

The generosity of Montanans is inspiring. — Brian 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

My life is my argument. — Albert Schweitzer

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