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
sad lonely loneliness
We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.
burning lamps rejoice
Let us rejoice in the truth, wherever we find its lamp burning.
giving may littles
Not one of us knows what effect his life produces, and what he gives to others; that is hidden from us and must remain so, though we are often allowed to see some little fraction of it, so that we may not lose courage.
men mind-your-own-business devil
Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.
doctors oneself
The doctor of the future will be oneself.
inspirational motivational success
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
philosophical animal thinking
Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.
thankful gratitude expression
Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.
appreciation responsibility helping-others
Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.
relationship karma kindness
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
war together lost
The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics.
men hands color
Who can describe the injustice and the cruelties that in the course of centuries the peoples of color of the world have suffered at the hands of Europeans?... We and our civilization are burdened, really, with a great debt. We are not free to confer benefits on these men, or not, as we please; it is our duty. Anything we give them is not benevolence but atonement.
sports animal hunting
The time will come when public opinion will no longer tolerate amusements based on the mistreatment and killing of animals. The time will come, but when? When will we reach the point that hunting, the pleasure in killing animals for sport, will be regarded as a mental aberration?
leadership people important
The three most important ways to lead people are:... by example... by example... by example.