Albert Schweitzer Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

40 Famous Quotes by Albert Schweitzer
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“A heavy guilt rests upon us for what the whites of all nations have done to the colored peoples. When we do good to them, it is not benevolence--it is atonement.”
Race Quotes
“One does not have to be an angel in order to be saint. -Albert Schweitzer.”
Service Quotes
“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.”
Spirit Quotes
“Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it. -ALBERT SCHWEITZER.”
Surrender Quotes
“Truth has not special time of its own. Its hour is now-always and indeed then most truly when it seems unsuitable to actual circumstances. -Albert Schweitzer.”
Truth Quotes
“In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“The time will come when public opinion will no longer tolerate amusements based on the mistreatment and killing of animals. The time will come, but when? When will we reach the point that hunting, the pleasure in killing animals for sport, will be regarded as a mental aberration?”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.”
Miscellaneous Quotes