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Albert Schweitzer

(1875–1965) Pacifist France

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Albert Schweitzer was a pacifist from France, best known for J. S. Bach.

Quick Facts About Albert Schweitzer

Born: January 14, 1875
Died: September 4, 1965
Nationality: France
Profession: Pacifist
Notable works: J. S. Bach
Known for: The Quest of the Historical Jesus
Spouse: Helene Bresslau

About Albert Schweitzer

As a Lutheran minister he questioned both the secular historical‑critical view of Jesus and traditional Christian interpretations. In his study of Pauline Christianity he emphasized Paul’s mysticism of "being in Christ" as primary and treated justification by faith as a secondary doctrine.

Awards & Honors

Nobel Peace Prize Pour le Mérite Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis Sonning Prize Goethe Medal for Art and Science Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt

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Paracelsus Medal of the German Medical Association Prince Carl Medal Officer of the Legion of Honour Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour Knight of the Legion of Honour Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order honorary citizen of Frankfurt am Main James Cook Medal Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès honorary citizen of Pfaffenhoffen Honorary member of the Order of Merit

Quotes by Albert Schweitzer · Page 8

Only when an ideal of peace is born in the minds of the peoples will the institutions set up to maintain this…

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Every start on an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances looks sensible and likely to succeed.

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We need a boundless ethic, one which will include the animals, too. Until we extend the circle of his compassions to all…

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Animal

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One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

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Adversity

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In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.

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Appreciation

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“You must give time to your fellow men -- even if it's a little thing, do something for others -- something for…

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This new form of activity medicine I could not represent to myself as talking about the religion of love, but only as…

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Catholic

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The disastrous feature of our civilization is that it is far more developed materially than spiritually. Its balance is disturbed.

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Balance

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Faith which refuses to face indisputable facts is but little faith. Truth is always gain, however hard it is to accommodate ourselves…

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There slowly grew up in me an unshakable conviction that we have no right to inflict suffering and death on another living…

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Conviction

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The thinking (person) must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we…

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Animal

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Late on the third day, at the very moment when, at sunset, ..., there flashed upon my mind, unforeseen and unsought, the…

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Animal

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Thinking about death... produces love for life. When we are familiar with death, we accept each week, each day, as a gift.…

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The human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret... It has come to believed that compassion, in which all ethics…

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Compassion

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I do not believe that we can put into anyone ideas which are not in him already. As a rule there are…

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The elemental fact, present in our consciousness every moment of our existence, is: I am life that wills to live, in the…

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Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of…

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Beautiful

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The harvested fields bathed in the autumn mist speak of God and his goodness far more vividly than any human lips.

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Autumn

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The stronger the reverence for natural life, the stronger grows also that for spiritual life.

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Seek always to do some good, somewhere... Even if it's a little thing, so something for those that need help, something for…

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Help

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Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the…

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Character

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No one may shut his eyes to think the pain, which is therefore not visible to him, is non-existent.

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Animal

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Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as…

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I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of…

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I am certain and have always stressed that the destination of mankind is to become more and more humane. The ideal of…

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Atheism

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

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The three most important ways to lead people are:... by example... by example... by example.

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When we observe contemporary society one thing strikes us. We debate but make no progress. Why? Because as peoples we do not…

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

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Activism

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True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness: 'I am life that wants to live, in the…

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Consciousness

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Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.

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Animal

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“Everyone must work to live, but the purpose of life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help…

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Compassion

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Jesus as a concrete historical personality remains a stranger to our time, but His spirit, which lies hidden in His words, is…

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

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Ethics

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No man need fear death, he need fear only that he may die without having known his greatest power: the power of…

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Death

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For us the great men are not those who solved the problems, but those whodiscovered them.

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Great men

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Renunciation of thinking is a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy. - Out of My Life and Thoughts.

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Bankruptcy

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It doesn't matter if an animal can reason. It matters only that it is capable of suffering and that is why I…

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Animal

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At 20 everyone has the face that God gave them, at 40 the face that life gave them, and at 60 the face they earned.

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Faces

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It is only through love that we can attain to communion with God. All living knowledge of God rests upon this foundation:…

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Communion

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Albert Schweitzer by topic

Life (129) Men (48) World (47) Religion (44) Inspirational (40) Love (37) Ethics (36) Animal (35) Reverence (30) Reverence for life (26) Time (25) Thinking (24) Philosophy (24) Spirit (22) Truth (21) Spiritual (21) People (19)