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
pain mean secret
The fellowship of those who bear the mark of pain: who are the members of this Fellowship? Those who have learnt by experience what physical pain and bodily anguish mean, belong together all the world over; they are united by a secret bond.
heart light hands
When people have light in themselves, it will shine out from them. Then we get to know each other as we walk together in the darkness, without needing to pass our hands over each other's faces, or to intrude into each other's hearts.
jesus good-life lying
I believe that I possess this value: to serve Jesus. I am less at peace than if my goal would be to attain a professorship and a good life, but I live. And that gives me the tremendous feeling of happiness, as if one would hear music. One feels uprooted, because one asks, what lies ahead, what decisions should I make-but more alive, happier than those anchored in life. To drift with released anchor.
inspiring future men
The future of civilisation depends on our overcoming the meaninglessness and hopelessness that characterizes the thoughts of men today.
pain eye responsibility
The quiet conscience is the invention of the devil. No one of us may permit any preventable pain to be inflicted even though the responsibility for that pain is not ours. No one may shut his eyes and think that the pain which is therefore not visible, is non-existent.
respect religious profound
By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.
people way today
The only way out of today's misery is for people to become worthy of each other's trust.
time truth integrity
Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.
religious dog prayer
Hear our humble prayer, O God. Make us, ourselves, to be true friends to the animals.
aim
Aim for service and success will follow!
spiritual foundation sincerity
Sincerity is the foundation of the spiritual life.
nature men society
Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.
spiritual cute-friendship being-sad
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.
beautiful tree world
Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.