61 result(s) for Albert Schweitzer Quotes.
"We cannot turn back the clock. We cannot undo the harm caused, but we can make decisions today that will ensure a better tomorrow."
"Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being."
"Do something wonderful, people may imitate it."
"Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter, to be light-hearted or dark-hearted, do not by themselves indicate a superior quality."
"You must give some time to your fellow men. Even if it's a little thing, do something for others - something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it."
"Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth."
"Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation."
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"In the hopes of reaching the moon, men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet."
"The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen."
"We learn, we must, that the idea of material progress means unraveling the network of human society."
"It's in our own interest to take care of others. Self-preservation is also selfless."
"The horrors of modern war are not its goal, they are its result. Nights without end, spent in bitterness, often make it clear that in every individual there is a core of peace that can never be permanently suffocated."
"The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries."
"The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up."
"We should all be thankful in life for those people who rekindle our inner spirit."
"An optimist and a pessimist, so much the worse; so much the better."
"The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life."
"The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man."
"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 will have sought and found how to serve."
"Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace."
"The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve."
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"Doing good is the only certain way to be happy."
"An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red stoplight. The truly wise person is colorblind."
"The only really happy people are those who have learned how to serve."
"Man can no longer live for himself alone. We must realize that all life is valuable and that we are united to all life. From this knowledge comes our spiritual relationship with the universe."
"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."
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail."
"The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colors and textures that come alive in others."
"Each patient carries his own doctor inside him."
"A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day."
"It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something."
"It is not enough merely to exist. It's not enough to say 'I'm earning enough to support my family. I do my work well. I'm a good father.' That's all very well. But you must do something more."
"Do something for somebody every day for which you do not get paid."
"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."
"The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives."
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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."
"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats."
"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."
"The only really unhappy people are those who have neither kindled the light in themselves nor seen it in others."
"Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace."
"A man can do only what a man can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day."
"One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity."
"There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed."
"Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life, and to destroy, to harm, or to hinder life is evil."
"Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them."
"Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory."
"The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve."
"The human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret.... It has come to believe that 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."
"A man does not have to be an angel in order to be a saint."
"To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude."
"Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always."
"The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others."
"Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate."
"Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing."
"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."
"The only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats."
"The true worth of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self."
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."
"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."
"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."
"Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight."
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