Jesus as a concrete historical personality remains a stranger to our time, but His spirit, which lies hidden in His words, is… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
...Ethics has not only to do with mankind but with the animal creation as well. This is witnessed in the purpose of… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
We are compelled by the commandment of love contained in our hearts and thought, and proclaimed by Jesus, to give rein to… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
But the others, those who tried to bring Jesus to life at the call of love, found it a cruel task to… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
What has been presented as Christianity during these nineteen centuries is only a beginning, full of mistakes, not full blown Christianity springing… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Jesus no doubt fits his teaching into the late-Jewish messianic dogma. But he does not think dogmatically. He formulates no doctrine. He… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Where possible Paul avoids quoting the teaching of Jesus, in fact even mentioning it. If we had to rely on Paul, we… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
The mistake made by all previous systems of ethics has been the failure to recognize that life as such is the mysterious… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
The demands of Jesus are difficult because they require us to do something extraordinary. At the same time He asks us to… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
The study of the Life of Jesus has had a curious history. It set out in quest of the historical Jesus, believing… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
I believe that I possess this value: to serve Jesus. I am less at peace than if my goal would be to… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
The demands of Jesus are difficult just because they require us to do something extraordinary. At the same time he asks us… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Jesus means something to our world because a mighty spiritual force streams forth from him and flows through our being also. This… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
“The Jesus of Nazareth who came forward publicly as the Messiah...and died to give his work its final consecration never existed. ["Modern… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
There is nothing more negative than the result of the critical study of the life of Jesus. The Jesus of Nazareth who… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Because I have confidence in the power of truth, and of the spirit, I have confidence in the future of mankind. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Man's ethics must not end with man, but should extend to the universe. He must regain the consciousness of the great Chain of Life… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
“ Bauer 's 'Criticism of the Gospel History' is worth a good dozen Lives of Jesus, because his work, as we are only now… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Ethics is in its unqualified form extended responsibility to everything that has life. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
The only way out of today's misery is for people to become worthy of each other's trust. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
When we observe contemporary society one thing strikes us. We debate but make no progress. Why? Because as peoples we do not yet trust… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
For those who sincerely seek the truth should not fear the outcome. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
The ethic of Reverence for Life is the ethic of Love widened into universality. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image