Albert Schweitzer Quotes From The Humanitarian of Many Talents

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.

We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.

Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know everything happens for a reason.

In 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.

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

We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger.

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.

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

Never be ashamed of a scar. It simply means you were stronger than whatever tried to hurt you.

The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

Man can no longer live for himself alone. We must realize that all life is valuable and that we are united to all life. From this knowledge comes our spiritual relationship with the universe.

The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed is the nourishment the soul requires.

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

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.

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.

I don't know what your destiny will be, but 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.

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

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.

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.