Inspirational Quotes by Albert Schweitzer

All work that is worth anything is done in faith.

— Albert Schweitzer

“A man does not have to be an angel to be a saint.”

— Albert Schweitzer

You ask me for a motto. Here it is: SERVICE.

— Albert Schweitzer

Only through love can we obtain communion with God.

— Albert Schweitzer

I decided that I would make my life my argument,

— Albert Schweitzer

If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

— Albert Schweitzer

Your soul suffers if you live superficially.

— Albert Schweitzer

Love ... is a living reality.

— Albert Schweitzer

It is the fate of every truth to be an object of ridicule when it is first acclaimed.

— Albert Schweitzer

Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it.

— Albert Schweitzer

From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.

— Albert Schweitzer

Think with great gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

— Albert Schweitzer

I am life which wants to live admidst of lives that want to live.

— Albert Schweitzer

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

— Albert Schweitzer

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

— Albert Schweitzer

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

— Albert Schweitzer

Within every patient there resides a doctor, and we as physicians are at our best when we we put our patients in…

— Albert Schweitzer

The deeper we look into nature, the more we recognize that it is full of life, and the more profoundly we know…

— Albert Schweitzer

To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the…

— Albert Schweitzer

Aim for service and success will follow!

— Albert Schweitzer

Sometimes our light goes out,but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being..

— Albert Schweitzer

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

— Albert Schweitzer

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

— Albert Schweitzer

Every person I have known who has been truly happy has learned how to serve others.

— Albert Schweitzer

You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.

— Albert Schweitzer

The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery.

— Albert Schweitzer

It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man.

— Albert Schweitzer

If you study life deeply, its profundity will seize you suddenly with dizziness.

— Albert Schweitzer

Let your life be your argument.

— Albert Schweitzer

Every patient carries his or her own doctor inside.

— Albert Schweitzer

Thought is the strongest thing we have.

— Albert Schweitzer

If you own something you cannot give away, then you don't own it, it owns you.

— Albert Schweitzer

The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.

— Albert Schweitzer

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.

— Albert Schweitzer

Search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.

— Albert Schweitzer

If the extension of your compassion does not include all living beings, then you will be unable to find peace by yourself.

— Albert Schweitzer

Man can no longer live his life for himself alone. We realize that all life is valuable and that we are united…

— Albert Schweitzer

Man can no longer live for himself alone. We must realize that all life is valuable and that we are united to…

— Albert Schweitzer

“Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot…

— Albert Schweitzer

All art speaks in signs and symbols. No one can explain how it happens that the artist can waken to life in…

— Albert Schweitzer