478 Quotes by Albert Schweitzer

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

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they even roll a few more on it. A strength which becomes clearer and stronger through experiences of such obstacles is the only strength that can conquer them. Resistance is only a waste of strength.

Happiness? That's nothing more than health and a poor memory.

Reincarnation contains a most comforting explanation of reality by means of which Indian thought surmounts difficulties which baffle the thinkers of Europe.

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.

Happiness? That's nothing more than a good health and a poor memory.

Love ... is a living reality.

From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.

Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them.