Albert Schweitzer Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Albert Schweitzer quotes, Albert Schweitzer sayings, and Albert Schweitzer proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of worthless human lives. Albert Schweitzer
You must give some time to your fellow man. Even if it's a little thing, do something for those who have need of help., something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here, too. Albert Schweitzer
By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world by practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive. Albert Schweitzer
The only ones among you who will really be happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. Albert Schweitzer
Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world. Albert Schweitzer
The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is. Albert Schweitzer
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life music and cats. Albert Schweitzer
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate. Albert Schweitzer
The thinking person must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another. Albert Schweitzer
Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight. Albert Schweitzer
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. Albert Schweitzer
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. Albert Schweitzer
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light. Albert Schweitzer
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate. Albert Schweitzer
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It’s the only thing. Albert Schweitzer
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light. Albert Schweitzer
The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil. Albert Schweitzer
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate. Albert Schweitzer
Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it. Albert Schweitzer
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light. Albert Schweitzer
The soul is the sense of something higher than ourselves, something that stirs in us thoughts, hopes, and aspirations which go out to the world of goodness, truth, and beauty. Albert Schweitzer
The soul is a burning desire to breathe in this world of light and never to lose it— to remain children of light. Albert Schweitzer
I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve. Albert Schweitzer
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity Albert Schweitzer
Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan. Albert Schweitzer
Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion. Albert Schweitzer
As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious. Albert Schweitzer
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something as unfathomably mysterious, thought begins. Albert Schweitzer
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind. Albert Schweitzer
Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. Albert Schweitzer