“The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.”
Life
“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.”
GreatAll Quotes by Albert Schweitzer
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.”
Life“Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.”
Good“Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.”
Time“Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.”
Life“Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.”
Nature“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.”
Time“One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.”
Strength“A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.”
Men“By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.”
Respect“Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.”
Peace“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.”
History“A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.”
Great“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.”
Experience“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.”
Truth“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.”
Work“Example is leadership.”
Leadership“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.”
Good“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.”
Thankful“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.”
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