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
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Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life, and that to destroy, to harm, or to hinder life is evil
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Do something for somebody every day for which you do not get paid.
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This new form of activity medicine I could not represent to myself as talking about the religion of love, but only as an actual putting it into practice.
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Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of their way, but must accept their lot calmly, even if people roll a few stones upon it
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Any religion or philosophy, which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.
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There are no heroes of action: only heroes of renunciation and suffering - Out of My Life and Thoughts.
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The only progress that knowledge allows is in enabling us to describe more and more in detail the world we see and its evolution. What matters in a world-view is to grasp the meaning and purpose of everything, and that we cannot do.
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A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
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The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
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The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
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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.
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I do not know which will be the destiny of each one of you; but one thing I know - the only ones among you who will be really happy will be those who have sought and found the way to serve
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Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it's the only thing
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As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible but more mysterious.