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1. “At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.”
– Albert Schweitzer.
2. “Happiness is nothing more than good health and bad memory.”
– Albert Schweitzer.
3. “One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.”
– Albert Schweitzer.
4. “Seek always to do some good, somewhere.”
– Albert Schweitzer.
5. “Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes the ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.”
– Albert Schweitzer.
6. “There are only three ways to teach a child. The first is by example, the second is by example, the third is by example.”
– Albert Schweitzer.
7. “True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness, which says: ‘I am life, which will to life, in the midst of life, which will to live.'”
– Albert Schweitzer and Predrag Cicovacki, ‘Albert Schweitzer’s Ethical Vision: A Sourcebook’, 2008.
8. “I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.”
– Albert Schweitzer.
9. “The thinking (person) must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another.”
– Albert Schweitzer.
10. “Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.”
– Albert Schweitzer.
11. “No one can give a definition of the soul. But we know what it feels like. The soul is the sense of something higher than ourselves, something that stirs in us thoughts, hopes, aspirations which go out to the world of goodness, truth, and beauty. The soul is a burning desire to breathe in this world of light and never to lose it – to remain children of the light.”
– ‘Reverence For Life’, 1933.
12. “You must not expect anything from others. It’s you, of yourself, of whom you must ask a lot. Only from oneself has one the right to ask everything and anything. This way it’s up to you – your own choices – what you get from others remains a present, a gift.”
– James Brabazon, ‘Albert Schweitzer: A Biography, Second Edition’, 2000.
