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Albert Schweitzer Quotes



Quotes by Albert Schweitzer - (16 quotes)

Albert Schweitzer - From the Destiny category:

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve. (Albert Schweitzer)

Albert Schweitzer - From the Fire category:

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown again into flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light. (Albert Schweitzer)

Albert Schweitzer - From the Goodness category:

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they even roll a few more upon it. (Albert Schweitzer)

Albert Schweitzer - From the Happiness category:

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

Albert Schweitzer - From the Ideas category:

I do not believe that we can put into anyone ideas which are not in him already. As a rule there are in everyone all sorts of good ideas, ready like tinder. But much of this tinder catches fire, or catches it successfully, only when it meets some flame or spark from outside, i.e., from some other person. (Albert Schweitzer)

Albert Schweitzer - From the Influence category:

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. (Albert Schweitzer)

Albert Schweitzer - From the Intellect category:

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

Albert Schweitzer - From the Knowledge category:

As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious. (Albert Schweitzer)

Albert Schweitzer - From the Loneliness category:

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

Albert Schweitzer - From the Masters category:

Pablo Casals is a great musician in all he does: a cellist without equal, and extraordinary conductor and composer with something to say. I have been profoundly impressed by all I have heard of his work, but he is a musician of this stature because he is also a great man. (Albert Schweitzer)

Albert Schweitzer - From the Nature category:

Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of worthless human lives. (Albert Schweitzer)

Albert Schweitzer - From the Peace category:

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace. (Albert Schweitzer)

Albert Schweitzer - From the Sleep category:

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)

Albert Schweitzer - From the Success category:

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. (Albert Schweitzer)

Albert Schweitzer - From the Thought category:

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

Albert Schweitzer - From the Truth category:

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now – always. (Albert Schweitzer)