Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer

26 quotes

German polymath Albert Schweitzer has a gift for language that makes complex ideas feel instantly clear. Whether reflecting on Life or Good, Albert Schweitzer brought uncommon clarity to every subject. Browse 39 quotes by Albert Schweitzer that cover ground from Life, Good, Truth, Time, and Success. Among their most shared lines: "Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier."

“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

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All Quotes by Albert Schweitzer

“One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.”

— Albert Schweitzer

Strength

“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

Experience

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

— Albert Schweitzer

Respect

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

— Albert Schweitzer

Nature

“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.”

— Albert Schweitzer

Life

“Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.”

— Albert Schweitzer

Life

“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

Good

“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

Good

“A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.”

— Albert Schweitzer

Great

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

— Albert Schweitzer

Peace

“The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.”

— Albert Schweitzer

Great

“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

Good

“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.”

— Albert Schweitzer

Time

“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.”

— Albert Schweitzer

Good

“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

Great

“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.”

— Albert Schweitzer

Men

“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

Faith

“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.”

— Albert Schweitzer

Work

“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.”

— Albert Schweitzer

History

“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.”

— Albert Schweitzer

Thankful