More Quotes by Albert Schweitzer
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
If you love something so much let it go. If it comes back it was meant to be; if it doesn't it never was
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.
Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that we are transported from the world of unrest to a world of peace, and see reality in a new way, as if we were sitting by a mountain lake and contemplating hills and woods and clouds in the tranquil and fathomless water.
Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.
Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.
Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.
The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.
There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.
