"As we acquire knowledge, things do not become……" — Albert Schweitzer

"As we acquire knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious."

— Albert Schweitzer

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298 Quotes by Albert Schweitzer

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Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for…
The great fault of all ethics hitherto has been that they believed themselves to have to deal only with the…
I am certain and have always stressed that the destination of mankind is to become more and more humane. The…
The man who has become a thinking being feels a compulsion to give every will-to-live the same reverence for life…
Jesus means something to our world because a mighty spiritual force streams forth from him and flows through our being…
Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself.
Every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary.
Man has become a superman ... because he not only disposes oinnate, physical forces, but because he is in command…
Whatever you have received more than others-in health, in talents, in ability, in success, in a pleasant childhood, in harmonious…
Reverence for Life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life…
One person can and does make a difference.
Animal protection is education to the humanity.

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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way. — Aristotle
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience. — Teresa of Avila
He that desireth to acquire any art or science seeketh first those means by which that art or science is… — Robert Barclay
I think there is a danger with young people of being dependent in the sense that they don't acquire any… — Edward de Bono
Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves. — Nathaniel Branden
Most museums - with all their burdens to pay for exhibitions, administration, and security - really don't have any money… — Eli Broad
As governor, I saw the link between economic prosperity and the ability to acquire knowledge. — Jeb Bush
Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly… — Smedley Butler
I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement;… — Vince Cable
I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it. — Taylor Caldwell
Some reasonable term ought to be allowed to enable aliens to get rid of foreign and acquire American attachments; to… — Alexander Hamilton
Who can describe the transports of a beam truly parental on beholding a daughter shoot up like some fair and… — George Fordyce

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