Albert Schweitzer Quotes (60+)

Enjoy the best Albert Schweitzer Quotes. Quotations by Albert Schweitzer (Theologian, Physician, Humanitarian)
Jan 01, 1970 - Jan 01, 1970

We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.

The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.

The most important thing in education is to teach young people to think for themselves.

The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it.

We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger.

The greatest discovery of any generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering the attitudes of their minds.

Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to make his own self more noble and to realize his own true worth.

About the Author

Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) was an Alsatian polymath. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. He received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of 'Reverence for Life'.