Albert Schweitzer Quote

Source/Notes: As quoted in: Think, Volume 24 (1956), p. 15. Also in: Kulturpolitische Korrespondenz, Issues 257-272 (Ostdeutscher Kulturrat, 1976), p. 18

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“Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.”

- Albert Schweitzer

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“As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.”

- Albert Schweitzer

Source/Notes: Albert Schweitzer (1985 edition), Creative Company - ISBN: 9780886820138

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“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

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“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

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“By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.”

- Albert Schweitzer

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“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

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“Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.”

- Albert Schweitzer

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“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

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Albert Schweitzer Quote

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