478 Quotes by Albert Schweitzer

The elemental fact, present in our consciousness every moment of our existence, is: I am life that wills to live, in the midst of life that wills to live.... The essence of the humane spirit is: Preserve life, promote life, help life to achieve its highest destiny. The essence of Evil is: Destroy life, harm life, hamper the development of life

Example is leadership.

It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man.

Every person I have known who has been truly happy has learned how to serve others.

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

Living truth is that alone which has its origins in thinking. Just as a tree bears year after year the same fruit which is each year new, so must all permanently valuable ideas be continually born again in thought.

Jesus no doubt fits his teaching into the late-Jewish messianic dogma. But he does not think dogmatically. He formulates no doctrine. He is far from judging any man's belief by reference to any standard of dogmatic correctness. Nowhere does he demand of his hearers that they shall sacrifice thinking to believing.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.