24 Best Albert Schweitzer Quotes About Gratitude, Life And Success

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.

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.

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

Do something for somebody every day for which you do not get paid.

Every patient carries his or her own doctor inside.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and bad memory.

Humanitarianism consists of never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.

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.

It is through the idealism of youth that man catches sight of truth, and in that idealism, he possesses a wealth which he must never exchange for anything else.

Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that we are transported from the world of unrest to a world of peace, and see reality in a new way, as if we were sitting by a mountain lake and contemplating hills and woods and clouds in the tranquil and fathomless water.

Man can no longer live for himself alone. We must realize that all life is valuable and that we are united to all life. From this knowledge comes our spiritual relationship with the universe.

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.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them.

Seek always to do some good, somewhere.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

The only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats.

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion, and the will to help others.

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.

Therefore search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.

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.

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now-- always and indeed then most truly when it seems unsuitable to actual circumstances.

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.