Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer, OMwas a French-German theologian, organist, philosopher, and physician. He was born in the province of Alsace-Lorraine and although that region had been annexed by the German Empire four years earlier, and remained a German possession until 1918, he considered himself French and wrote mostly in French...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionDoctor
Date of Birth14 January 1875
CityKaysersberg, France
CountryGermany
ideas stronger ends
An idea is, in the end, always stronger than circumstances.
happiness gratitude memories
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
evil giving fundamentals
Reverence for Life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life and that to destroy, harm, or to hinder life is evil. Affirmation of the world - that is affirmation of the will to live, which appears in phenomenal forms all around me - is only possible for me in that I give myself out for other life.
gratitude believe world
The gratitude that we encounter helps us believe in the goodness of the world, and strengthens us thereby to do what's good.
friendship basketball thank-you
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.
destiny may way
I do not know what your destiny may be, but I do know this, that not one of you will find the happiness that each of you is seeking until you have first sought and found a way in which to unselfishly serve others.
granted harvest
It is not always granted to the sower to see the harvest.
world want needs
At that point in life where your talent meets the needs of the world, that is where God wants you to be.
earth spirit proof
The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.
inspirational life importance
The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.
kindness ignorance space
We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger.
learning responsibility exercise
Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.
men perfection personality
Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.
compassion reverence-for-life foundation
I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.