01UndatedWe wander through this life together in a semi-darkness in which none of us can distinguish exactly the features of his neighbour. Only from time to time through some experience that we have of our companion or through some remark that he passes he stands for a moment close to us as though illuminated by a flash of lightning. Then we see him as he really is.Albert Schweitzer / quote ↗
02UndatedHumanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.Albert Schweitzer / quote ↗
03UndatedAs we acquire more knowledge things do not become more comprehensible but more mysterious.Albert Schweitzer / quote ↗
04UndatedLove . . . includes fellowship in suffering in joy and in effort.Albert Schweitzer / quote ↗
05UndatedIt is only through love that we can attain to communion with God. All living knowledge of God rest upon this foundation: that we experience Him in our lives as Will-to-love.Albert Schweitzer / quote ↗
07UndatedA 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 / quote ↗
08UndatedUntil he extends his circle of compassion to all living things man will not find peace.Albert Schweitzer / quote ↗
09UndatedMan must cease attributing his problems to his environment and learn again to exercise ... his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.Albert Schweitzer / quote ↗
10UndatedThought is the strongest thing we have. Work done by true and profound thought - that is a real force.Albert Schweitzer / quote ↗
11UndatedBy respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.Albert Schweitzer / quote ↗
13UndatedMan has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.Albert Schweitzer / quote ↗
14UndatedThe 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 / quote ↗
15UndatedOne who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.Albert Schweitzer / quote ↗
16UndatedIn everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.Albert Schweitzer / quote ↗
17UndatedOne 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 / quote ↗
19UndatedEverything 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 / quote ↗
20UndatedThe purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.Albert Schweitzer / quote ↗
22UndatedUntil he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.Albert Schweitzer / quote ↗
23UndatedA 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 / quote ↗
