Quotes

“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.” Albert Schweitzer

“Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.” 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

“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

“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.” Albert Schweitzer

“Example is leadership.” Albert Schweitzer

“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.” Albert Schweitzer

“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.” Albert Schweitzer

“A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.” Albert Schweitzer

“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.” Albert Schweitzer

“We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.” Albert Schweitzer

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

“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.” Albert Schweitzer

“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.” Albert Schweitzer

“A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.” Albert Schweitzer

“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.” Albert Schweitzer

“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.” Albert Schweitzer

“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.” Albert Schweitzer

“The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.” Albert Schweitzer

“The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.” Albert Schweitzer

“Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.” Albert Schweitzer

“By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.” Albert Schweitzer

“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.” Albert Schweitzer

“Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.” Albert Schweitzer

“Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.” Albert Schweitzer

“My life is my argument.” Albert Schweitzer

“Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.” Albert Schweitzer

“Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.” Albert Schweitzer

“Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.” Albert Schweitzer

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