42 Quotes By Albert Schweitzer


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 on experience

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 on faith

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.
Albert Schweitzer on friendship

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

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 on good

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 on 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 on 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 on great

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
Albert Schweitzer on great

A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
Albert Schweitzer on great

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
Albert Schweitzer on happiness

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Albert Schweitzer on happiness

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

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 on history

Example is leadership.
Albert Schweitzer on leadership

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

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.
Albert Schweitzer on life

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.
Albert Schweitzer on life

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
Albert Schweitzer on life

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Albert Schweitzer on love