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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Albert Schweitzer
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About Albert Schweitzer
Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer was a German polymath from Alsace. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. As a Lutheran minister, Schweitzer challenged both the secular view of the historical Jesus as depicted by the historical-critical method current at this time, as well as the traditional Christian view. His contributions to the interpretation of Pauline Christianity concern the role of Paul's mysticism of "being in Christ" as primary …
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Albert SchweitzerOne 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.
Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.
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.
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 ow…
Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.
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 spir…
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 spir…
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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.
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
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 who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.
Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.
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.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.
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 spir…
Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
Example is leadership.