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Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
German Theologian
Born: Jan 14, 1875
Died: Sep 4, 1965
Ethics Life Man Will World You
Related authors: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Friedrich Schleiermacher Jakob Bohme Johann Kaspar Lavater Johannes Tauler Karl Rahner Paul Tillich Rudolf Otto
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. Albert Schweitzer
Life Compassion Will Help Others Sympathy Others Purpose Human Human Life Show Help Serve
Do something wonderful, people may imitate it. Albert Schweitzer
People Wonderful Imitate Something Wonderful People May
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. Albert Schweitzer
Thankful Gratitude Light Cause Own Flame Think Rekindled Our Those Out Lighted Another Within Times Person Goes Spark Us Who Deep Each
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. Albert Schweitzer
Life Music Cats Miseries Refuge Means Two
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. Albert Schweitzer
Life Friendship Thankful Time People Human Being Fire Flame Rekindle Everyone Our Those Out Some Spirit Be Thankful Another Encounter Goes Human Being Burst Then Should Who Inner
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. Albert Schweitzer
Happiness Success Love You Key Will Key To Success Doing Success Is Successful
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate. Albert Schweitzer
Kindness Sun Melt Constant Hostility Makes Mistrust Misunderstanding Causes Accomplish Ice Much Evaporate
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity. Albert Schweitzer
Adversity Strength Overcome Possesses Only Obstacles Overcoming Overcoming Obstacles Which Gains Who
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
Thankful Human Being Sometimes Light Owes Thanks Flame Rekindled Our Those Out Another Blown Goes Human Being Us Who Each Deepest
Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace. Albert Schweitzer
Man Peace Compassion Circle Will Living Find He Until Himself His Include Things
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. Albert Schweitzer
Example Others Only Main Main Thing The Only Thing Influencing Thing
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
Wise Light Pessimist Everywhere Only Sees Colorblind Wise Person Red Truly Optimist Green Person Green Light While Who
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. Albert Schweitzer
You Happy Will Those Destiny One Thing Only Know Sought How Really Your Who Found Serve Among Thing
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. Albert Schweitzer
Beautiful You World Nothing Tree Trembling Say Something Shape Never Leaf Make Always Wonder Anymore
We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness. Albert Schweitzer
Loneliness Together Dying Much
Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight. Albert Schweitzer
You Suffering Yourself Think Sight Occasionally Which Spare
Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality. Albert Schweitzer
Man Personality Ethics Own Secure Directed Perfection His Activity Inner
The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings. Albert Schweitzer
Ethics First Sense Other Solidarity Evolution Step First Step Human Human Beings Beings
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. Albert Schweitzer
Ethics Compassion Living Must Embraces Only Attain Take Limit Does Itself Breadth Which Mankind Depth Root Full Creatures Living Creatures
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. Albert Schweitzer
Time Good You Man World Worth Remember Somewhere Own Live Every Too Way Must Some Seek Brothers Give True Fellow Fellow Man Always True Worth His Realize Your Here Every Man
Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation. Albert Schweitzer
Man Own Creation Recognize Devils His Even Hardly
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. Albert Schweitzer
Life Ethics Compassion Before Beginning Other Everything Reverent Than Foundation
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. Albert Schweitzer
Thought Some Misery Firmly Always End Little Us Held Each Each One Portion Bring
Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always. Albert Schweitzer
Truth Time Brainy Own Hour Always Special Special Time Now
A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help. Albert Schweitzer
Life Man Plants Men Animals Only Sacred He Fellow Him Himself Fellow Men His Ethical Help Plants And Animals Need
Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose. Albert Schweitzer
Human Being Consists Purpose Never Sacrificing Human Being
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