Albert Schweitzer

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

“Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life, and that to destroy, to harm, or to hinder life is evil.”

“If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.”

“Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.”

“A man does not have to be an angel in order to be a saint.”

“The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.”

“Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.”

“The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.”

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

“Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.”

“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”

“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.”

“Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.”

“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.”

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

“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.”

“The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.”

“In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.”

“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.”