Albert Schweitzer Quotes
The most difficult thing I have ever had to do is follow the guidance I prayed for.
The greatest living person in the world is some individual who at this very moment has gone in love to help another.
It seemed incredible to me, that physical courage should be so commonplace and revered, while moral courage . . . is so rare and despised.
To the truly ethical man, all of life is sacred, including forms of life that from the human point of view may seem lower than ours.
When we observe contemporary society one thing strikes us. We debate but make no progress. Why? Because as peoples we do not yet trust each other.
Ideals are thoughts. So long as they exist merely as thoughts, the power in them remains ineffective.
I see in him (Dr. Max Gerson) one of the most eminent medical geniuses in the history of medicine...he was greatly impeded by adverse political conditions.
A thinking man feels compelled to approach all life with the same reverence he has for his own.
Today . . . we know that all living beings who strive to maintain life and who long to be spared pain - all living beings on earth - are our neighbors.
Creative energy is the essence of all healing...We physicians do nothing, we only help and encourage the physician within.
Late on the third day, at the very moment when, at sunset, ..., there flashed upon my mind, unforeseen and unsought, the phrase “Ehrfurcht vor dem Leben” (“reverence for life”).
Help me to fling my life like a flaming firebrand into the gathering darkness of the world.
The gratitude ascending from man to God is the supreme transaction between earth and heaven.
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.
We all know how important love is, yet how often is it really emoted or exhibited? What so many sick people in this world suffer from-loneliness, boredom and fear-can't be cured with a pill.
Therapy is the boat across the river, but most don't want to get off. Don't blame, forgive, All healing is self-healing
What has been presented as Christianity during these nineteen centuries is only a beginning, full of mistakes, not full blown Christianity springing from the spirit of Jesus.
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.
Reverence for life, veneratio vitæ, is the most direct and at the same time the profoundest achievement of my will-to-live.
We are united with all life that is in nature. Man can no longer live his life for himself alone.
There is much coldness among men because we do not dare to be as cordial as we really are.
The demands of Jesus are difficult just because they require us to do something extraordinary. At the same time he asks us to regard these as something usual, ordinary.
We need a boundless ethic, one which will include the animals, too. Until we extend the circle of his compassions to all living things, we will not find peace.
We ought all to make an effort to act on our first thoughts and let our unspoken gratitude find expression. Then there will be more sunshine in the world, and more power to work for what is good.
...try to tell the people of America about Dr. Gerson's merits and ...results...I wish you the best in your difficult task.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness: 'I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live
I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.
There are only three ways to teach a child. The first is by example, the second is by example, the third is by example.