478 Quotes by Albert Schweitzer

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.

That's my private ant. You're liable to break its legs.

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 man who possesses a veneration of life will not simply say his prayers. He will throw himself into the battle to preserve life, if for no other reason than that he himself is an extension of life around him.

To work for the common good is the greatest creed.

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.

The result of the voyage does not depend on the speed of the ship, but on whether or not it keeps a true course.

The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures that come alive in others.

The last fact which knowledge can discover is that the world is a manifestation, and in every way a puzzling manifestation, of the universal will to live.