Albert Schweitzer

I decided that I would make my life my argument.

Albert Schweitzer

Ideals are thoughts. So long as they exist merely as thoughts, the power latent in them remains ineffective.

Albert Schweitzer

If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.

Albert Schweitzer

If you truly desire happiness, seek and learn how to serve.

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.

Albert Schweitzer

It is not enough to merely exist. It’s not enough to say, ‘I’m earning enough to live and support my family. I do my work well. I’m a good parent.’ That’s all very well. But you must do something more.

Albert Schweitzer

Love is the only thing that increases twofold every time it is shared.

Albert Schweitzer

No man need fear death, he need fear only that he may die without having known his greatest power: the power of his free will to give his life for others.

Albert Schweitzer

No ray of sunlight is ever lost, but the green which it wakes into existence needs time to sprout, and it is not always granted to the sower to live to see the harvest. All work that is worth anything is done in faith.

Albert Schweitzer

Not only is example the best way to teach, it is the only way.

Albert Schweitzer