He was the famous Alsatian-born German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor. His family for generations had been devoted to religion, music, and education.He was the great humanitarian, inspirational person and writer.
In 1952 he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts on behalf of "the Brotherhood of Nations." Two years before his death, his hospital and leper colony were serving 500 patients. His philosophical books discuss his famous principle of "reverence for life."
(1875-1965))
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
~ Albert Schweitzer
One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.
~ Albert Schweitzer
A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.
~ Albert Schweitzer
We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger.
~ Albert Schweitzer
I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.
~ Albert Schweitzer
The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.
~ Albert Schweitzer
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
~ Albert Schweitzer
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.
~ Albert Schweitzer
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
~ Albert Schweitzer
Example is leadership.
~ Albert Schweizer
The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
~ Albert Schweizer
Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal.
~ Albert Schweizer
Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.
~ Albert Schweizer
Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
~ 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
Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.
~ Albert Schweitzer
Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.
~ Albert Schweitzer
Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed.
~ Albert Schweitzer
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
~ Albert Schweitzer
By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive.
~ Albert Schweitzer
A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.
~ Albert Schweitzer
Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.
~ Albert Schweitzer
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
~ Albert Schweitzer
Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal.
~ Albert Schweizer
Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.
~ Albert Schweizer
He was hungry for knowledge. All his life he was inspired by the answer to the question: "How can a person, starting from scratch, who has no particular
advantage in the world, reach the goals that he feels are important to him, and by so doing, make a major contribution to others?"
Nightingale enjoyed a remarkable radio career that lasted for more than forty years.
At the time of his death, Earl Nightingale's multitude of recorded messages were played around the world, inspiring people from all cultures, nationalities
and races, to live their lives to their fullest.
Today, Earl Nightingale is remembered as one of the greatest philosophers of his time, and his best selling programs and books continue to sell daily, and
inspire new generations around the world, to reach their highest potential.
(1921-1989)
There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
~ Charles Dickens
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
~ George Bernard Shaw
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
~ Friedrich NietzscheMore Proverbs
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