478 Quotes by Albert Schweitzer

Reverence for life . . . does not allow the scholar to live for his science alone, even if he is very useful . . . the artist to exist only for his art, even if he gives inspiration to many. . . . It refuses to let the business man imagine that he fulfills all legitimate demands in the course of his business activities. It demands from all that they should sacrifice a portion of their own lives for others.

The three most important ways to lead people are:... by example... by example... by example.

I must forgive without noise or fuss.

The gratitude ascending from man to God is the supreme transaction between heaven and earth.

At 20 everyone has the face that God gave them, at 40 the face that life gave them, and at 60 the face they earned.

All the kindness which a man puts out into the world works on the heart and thoughts of mankind.

As we acquire knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.

Kindness works simply and perseveringly; it produces no strained relations which prejudice its working; strained relations which already exist it relaxes. Mistrust and misunderstanding it puts to flight, and it strengthens itself by calling forth answering kindness. Hence it is the furthest reaching and the most effective of all forces.

Open your eyes and look for some man, or some work for the sake of men, which needs a little time, a little friendship, a little sympathy, a little sociability, a little human toil....It is needed in every nook and corner. Therefore search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.