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
views optimism world
Our degeneration, when it is traced back to its origin in our view of the world really consists in the fact that true optimism has vanished unperceived from our midst.
mean views world
What the activity of this disposition of ours means in the evolution of the world, we do not know. Nor can we regulate this activity from outside; we must leave entirely to each individual its shaping and its extension. From every point of view, then, world- and life-affirmation and ethics are non-rational, and we must have the courage to admit it.
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.
mean world affirmation
Affirmation of the world, which means affirmation of the will-to-live that manifests itself around me, is only possible if I devote myself to other life.
views understanding world
Awakening of Western thought will not be complete until that thought steps outside itself and comes to an understanding with the search for a world-view as this manifests itself in the thought of mankind as a whole.
darkness world gathering
Help me to fling my life like a flaming firebrand into the gathering darkness of the world.
views world vices
World-view is a product of life-view, not vice versa.
pain lying world
It seemed to me a matter of course that we should all take our share of the burden of pain which lies upon the world.
views profound world
Any profound view of the world is mysticism. It has, of course, to deal with life and the world, both of which are nonrational entities.
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.
gratitude believe world
The gratitude that we encounter helps us believe in the goodness of the world, and strengthens us thereby to do what's good.
world want needs
At that point in life where your talent meets the needs of the world, that is where God wants you to be.
heroes life suffering
There are no heroes of action: only heroes of renunciation and suffering - Out of My Life and Thoughts.
cannot describe detail enabling grasp knowledge matters meaning progress purpose
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.