Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer, OMwas a French-German theologian, organist, philosopher, and physician. He was born in the province of Alsace-Lorraine and although that region had been annexed by the German Empire four years earlier, and remained a German possession until 1918, he considered himself French and wrote mostly in French...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionDoctor
Date of Birth14 January 1875
CityKaysersberg, France
CountryGermany
men thinking bears
Cold completely introspective logic places a philosopher on the road to the abstract. Out of this empty, artificial act of thinking there can result, of course, nothing which bears on the relation of man to himself, and to the universe.
men thinking evil
Once a man recognizes himself as a being surrounded by other beings in this world and begins to respect his life and take it to the highest value, he becomes a thinking being. Then he values other lives and experiences them as part of his own life. With that, his goal is to help everyone take their life to the highest value; anything which limits or destroys a life is evil. That is morality. That is how men are related to the world around them.
heart law principles
Where principles and heart stand in conflict with each other, let us make the law of the spirit free from the law of principles.
gone world helping
The greatest living person in the world is some individual who at this very moment has gone in love to help another.
advice example values
A good example has twice the value of good advice
animal compassion circles
We need a boundless ethic, one which will include the animals, too. Until we extend the circle of his compassions to all living things, we will not find peace.
darkness world gathering
Help me to fling my life like a flaming firebrand into the gathering darkness of the world.
healing essence creative
Creative energy is the essence of all healing...We physicians do nothing, we only help and encourage the physician within.
alive today dogma
The Christ of Theology is not alive for us today. He is wrapped in the grave cloths of dogma.
fiber facts bears
Nature compels us to recognize the fact of mutual dependence, each life necessarily helping the other lives who are linked to it. In the very fibers of our being, we bear within ourselves the fact of the solidarity of life.
karma kindness compassion
Constant Kindness can accomplish much.
soul torn-apart unfaithful
Each act of unfaithfulness toward our inner being is a blot on our souls. If we continue to be unfaithful, our souls are eventually torn apart and we slowly bleed to death.
thinking age spirit
The spirit of the age is filled with the disdain for thinking.
life joy effort
Love . . . includes fellowship in suffering, in joy and in effort.