Quotes by Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer

German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician

Lived from: 1875 - 1965

Category: Music | Theologians and clergy | Philosophers | Scientists Country: FlagGermany

Born: 14 january 1875 Died: 4 september 1965

  • 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.
  • I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words.
  • Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.
  • In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
  • Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility.
  • One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.
  • Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.
  • A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
  • Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.
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  • 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.
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  • Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.
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  • Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.
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  • Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.
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  • Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.
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  • Example is leadership.
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  • Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
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  • Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
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  • Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.
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  • I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.
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  • 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 will have sought and found how to serve.
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  • I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.
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  • I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words.
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  • If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.
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  • Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them.
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  • Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
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  • The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.
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  • The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
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  • The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
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What are the most famous quotes from Albert Schweitzer?

The two most famous quotes from Albert Schweitzer are:

  • "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."
  • "Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid."

When did Albert Schweitzer live?

Albert Schweitzer was born in 1875 and died in the year 1965.