Albert Schweitzer
German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician
Lived from: 1875 - 1965
Category: Music | Theologians and clergy | Philosophers | Scientists Country: 
Germany
Born: 14 january 1875 Died: 4 september 1965
Quotes 41 till 60 of 62.
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By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.
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Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.
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Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
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Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed.
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Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
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In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
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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.
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Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
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Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.
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Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.
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Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.
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Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility.
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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.
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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.
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One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
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Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.
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Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal.
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Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
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Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.
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Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.
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