More Quotes by Albert Schweitzer
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.
The tragedy in a man’s life is what dies inside of him while he lives.
Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
A man does not have to be an angel to be a saint.
Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.
The the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hope are optimistic.
