Quotes by Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) — Missionsarzt · Protestantisch · Gabun

Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) war ein deutsch-französischer evangelischer Theologe, Philosoph und Missionsarzt, der vor allem durch den Aufbau seines Tropenhospitals in Lambaréné im heutigen Gabun bekannt wurde. Er steht für die einflussreiche Ethik der „Ehrfurcht vor dem Leben“ und bahnbrechende Beiträge zur Leben-Jesu-Forschung, wenngleich sein zeittypisch paternalistisches Auftreten gegenüber der afrikanischen Bevölkerung bis heute kritisch diskutiert wird. Für Bibelleser veranschaulicht er den radikalen Versuch, theologische Reflexion mit praktischer Nächstenliebe und Schöpfungsverantwortung zu verbinden.

Era: The 20th Century

Recurring topics: Wisdom & Understanding, Love, Meaning & Identity, Growth & Character, Joy & Gratitude, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Humility & Pride, Faith & Trust

Quotes by Albert Schweitzer

The only important thing in life are the traces of love we leave behind when we go.
Albert Schweitzer

Humility is the ability to look up even to the smallest things in life.
Albert Schweitzer

Prayers do not change the world. But prayers change people, and people change the world.
Albert Schweitzer

Chance is the pseudonym God chooses when he wants to remain incognito.
Albert Schweitzer

Whoever believes he is a Christian because he goes to church is mistaken. One does not become a car by going into a garage either.
Albert Schweitzer

The peace of God is not rest, but a driving force.
Albert Schweitzer

To be able to pray means first of all to be able to give thanks.
Albert Schweitzer

Whoever resolves to do good must not expect people to clear the stones from his path, but must be prepared for the fateful likelihood that they will roll some onto it.
Albert Schweitzer

Christianity cannot replace thinking, but must presuppose it.
Albert Schweitzer

What I keep marveling at is this: there are more than thirty million laws in the world to enforce the ten commandments.
Albert Schweitzer

Man dominates nature before he has learned to master himself.
Albert Schweitzer

Keep working, even if outward success is lacking, for at all times what has mattered is the inner gain, that which holds before God, even if it perishes on earth.
Albert Schweitzer

There is no kingdom of God on earth without the kingdom of God in our hearts.
Albert Schweitzer

Modern man is kept in a whirl of activity so that he does not come to reflect on the meaning of his life and the world.
Albert Schweitzer

Love mostly dies from the small faults one found so charming at the beginning.
Albert Schweitzer

Whoever wants to contribute to happiness in the world should first see to a happy atmosphere in their own home.
Albert Schweitzer

Happiness can only be multiplied by sharing it.
Albert Schweitzer

The usual overburdening of modern people in all social circles results in the atrophy of what is spiritual within them.
Albert Schweitzer

Without reverence for life, humanity has no future.
Albert Schweitzer

Many people know that they are unhappy, but even more people don't know that they could be happy.
Albert Schweitzer

The great rivers need the small waters.
Albert Schweitzer

The times of inner poverty are the times when you do not thank God.
Albert Schweitzer

Everyone must have someone to love. The tragedy is that so many people choose themselves.
Albert Schweitzer

It is not what is clever, but what is true, that matters.
Albert Schweitzer

The misfortune of our culture is that it has developed much more materially than spiritually.
Albert Schweitzer

The more people believe in the stars, the less they believe in what is above the stars.
Albert Schweitzer

The beginning of all valuable spiritual life is the fearless belief in truth and the open confession of it. Even the deepest religious insight does not lie outside of thinking.
Albert Schweitzer

It is better to have high principles that one follows than even higher ones that one disregards.
Albert Schweitzer

That Christ rises in us in his spirituality and comes to life is what matters decisively.
Albert Schweitzer

Nothing can withstand the spirit when it appears in purity and power.
Albert Schweitzer

What interests me most is the future, for that is the time in which I will live.
Albert Schweitzer

The true relationship to Jesus is being seized by him. All Christian piety is worth only as much as it contains the surrender of our will to his.
Albert Schweitzer

If you want to be in the spirit of God, you may only think and act in love.
Albert Schweitzer

Sources: youtube.com, frankfurter-hefte.de, wr-magazin.de

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