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
respect real personality
Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them.
appreciation responsibility helping-others
Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.
leadership men able
A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.
eye men humanity
Open your eyes and look for some man, or some work for the sake of men, which needs a little time, a little friendship, a little sympathy, a little sociability, a little human toil....It is needed in every nook and corner. Therefore search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.
spiritual animal humanity
By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.
relationship karma kindness
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
doctors oneself
The doctor of the future will be oneself.
example may
Set a great example. Someone may imitate it.
burning lamps rejoice
Let us rejoice in the truth, wherever we find its lamp burning.
sad lonely loneliness
We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.
philosophical animal thinking
Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.
cheating taken sunday
Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
motivational strength crazy
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
ocean marine animal
Animal protection is education to the humanity.