"The only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats..."
— Albert Schweitzer

"Sometimes our flame goes out, but is
blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being."
— Albert Schweitzer

"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

"Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace."
— Albert Schweitzer

""If you love something so much let it go. If it comes back it was meant to be; if it doesn't it never was"
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— Albert Schweitzer

"Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that we are transported from the world of unrest to a world of peace, and see reality in a new way, as if we were sitting by a mountain lake and contemplating hills and woods and clouds in the tranquil and fathomless water.
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— Albert Schweitzer

"Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight."
— Albert Schweitzer

"“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

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

"Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile."
— Albert Schweitzer

"Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON."
— Albert Schweitzer

"Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing."
— Albert Schweitzer

"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 have sought and found how to serve."
— Albert Schweitzer

"The thinking (person) must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another."
— Albert Schweitzer

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

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— Albert Schweitzer (Animals, Nature and Albert Schweitzer)

"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found a way to serve."
— Albert Schweitzer

"No one can give a definition of the soul. But we know what it feels like. The soul is the sense of something higher than ourselves, something that stirs in us thoughts, hopes, and aspirations which go out to the world of goodness, truth and beauty. The soul is a burning desire to breathe in this world of light and never to lose it--to remain children of light.

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— Albert Schweitzer

"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.
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— Albert Schweitzer

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

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.

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"
— Albert Schweitzer (Out of My Life and Thought)

"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."
— Albert Schweitzer

"The greatest discovery of any generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering the attitudes of their minds."
— Albert Schweitzer

""The the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hope are optimistic.""
— Albert Schweitzer

"Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965)
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— Albert Schweitzer

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

"O heavenly Father,
protect and bless all things
that have breath: guard them
from all evil and let them sleep in peace."
— Albert Schweitzer

"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

"Who shall enumerate the many ways in which that costly piece of fixed capital, a human being , may be employed! More of him is wanted everywhere! Hunt, then, for some situation in which your humanity may be used."
— Albert Schweitzer

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

"Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. This is what gives me the fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, promoting, and enhancing life, and that destroying, injuring, and limiting life are evil.
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— Albert Schweitzer

"In the past we have tried to make a distinction between animals which we acknowledge have some value and other which, having none, can be liquidated when we wish. This standard must be abandoned. Everything that lives has value simply as a living thing, as one of the manifestations of the mystery that is life."
— Albert Schweitzer

"Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight. "
— Albert Schweitzer

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

"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."
— Albert Schweitzer

"True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness: 'I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live'"
— Albert Schweitzer

"The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind."
— Albert Schweitzer

"...Soldiers' graves are the greatest preachers of peace."
— Albert Schweitzer

"Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they even roll a few more upon it."
— Albert Schweitzer

"I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live."
— Albert Schweitzer

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

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— Albert Schweitzer

"The demands of Jesus are difficult because they require us to do something extraordinary. At the same time He asks us to regard these [acts of goodness] as something usual, ordinary."
— Albert Schweitzer (The Quest of the Historical Jesus)

"Sometimes our light goes out but is blown again into flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light."
— Albert Schweitzer

"What really matters is that we should all of us realize that we are guilty of inhumanity. The horror of this realization should shakes us out of our lethargy so that we can direct our hopes and our intentions to the coming of an era in which war will have no place. ´The Problem of Peace"
— Albert Schweitzer

"If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life."
— Albert Schweitzer

"No ray of sunshine is ever lost but the green that it awakens takes time to sprout, and it is not always given the sower to see the harvest."
— Albert Schweitzer

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

"Die Liebe stirbt meistens and den kleinen Fehlern, die man am Anfang so entzückend findet."
— Albert Schweitzer

"Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile"
— Albert Schweitzer

"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve."
— Albert Schweitzer

"Sometimes our flame goes out, but is
blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
— Albert Schweitzer
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— Albert Schweitzer