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
long philanthropy remains
Ideals are thoughts. So long as they exist merely as thoughts, the power in them remains ineffective.
jesus father teaching
Where possible Paul avoids quoting the teaching of Jesus, in fact even mentioning it. If we had to rely on Paul, we should not know that Jesus taught in parables, had delivered the sermon on the mount, and had taught His disciples the 'Our Father.' Even where they are specially relevant, Paul passes over the words of the Lord.
carpe-diem dare carpe
There is so much coldness because we do not dare to be as cordial as we are.
life study profundity
If you study life deeply, its profundity will seize you suddenly with dizziness.
humanity stressed human-nature
I am certain and have always stressed that the destination of mankind is to become more and more humane. The ideal of humanity has to be revived.
love love-is increase
Love is the only thing that increases twofold every time it is shared.
compassion people spirit
All people are endowed with the faculty of compassion, and for this reason can develop the humanitarian spirit.
legs ants privacy
That's my private ant. You're liable to break its legs.
prayer men battle
A man who possesses a veneration of life will not simply say his prayers. He will throw himself into the battle to preserve life, if for no other reason than that he himself is an extension of life around him.
way lasts facts
The last fact which knowledge can discover is that the world is a manifestation, and in every way a puzzling manifestation, of the universal will to live.
love essence reverence-for-life
What we call love is in its essence reverence for life.
nature pain fate
The friend of nature is the man who feels himself inwardly united with everything that lives in nature, who shares in the fate of all creatures, helps them when he can in their pain and need, and as far as possible avoids injuring or taking life.
nature animal life-is
My life is full of meaning to me. The life around me must be full of significance to itself. If I am to expect others to respect my life, then I must respect the other life I see.
belief strongest
Thought is the strongest thing we have.