60 Quotes by Albert Schweitzer
- Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.
- The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures that come alive in others.
- Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.
- Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.
- Example is leadership.
- Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
- Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.
- The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
- Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.
- There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.
- Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.
- As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.
- A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.
- 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.
- The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
- 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.
- Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.
- Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
- 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.
- Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.
- Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
- Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed.
- An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.
- 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.
- Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
- I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.
- Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.
- Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.
- Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.
- Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.
- One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
- One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.
- One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
- Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.
- Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.
- The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.
- Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
- We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.
- We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger.
- Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.
- Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.
- The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
- The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.
- Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
- 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 will have sought and found how to serve.
- Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.
- Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them.
- Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the strength to cope with them.
- Success is not the key to happiness; happiness is the key to success
- Success isn't the key to happiness, happiness is the key to success.
- A ship is always safe at shore but that is not what it's was built for.
- Live each day as if it were your last, for one day you will be right.
- A ship is always safe at shore, but that is not what it's made for.
- Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will always be successful.
- Success is not the key to happiness, happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, then you will be successful.
- Happiness is not out there, it’s within you.
- Wisdom is knowing the right path. Integrity is taking it.
- Success is not the key to happiness; Happiness is the key success.
- Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what youre doing, you will be successful.
- Do something wonderful, people may imitate it
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