Albert Schweitzer Quotes

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

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.

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

The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

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

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

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.

You must not expect anything from others. It’s you, of yourself, of whom you must ask a lot. Only from oneself has one the right to ask everything and anything. This way it’s up to you – your own choices – what you get from others remains a present, a gift.

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

Seek always to do some good, somewhere… Even if it’s a little thing, so something for those that need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.

Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.

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.

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

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now – always.

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

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.