A man who possesses a veneration of life will not simply say his prayers. He will throw himself into the battle to preserve life, if for no other reason than that he himself is an extension of life around him.

—Albert Schweitzer

wonder life prayer veneration

About Albert Schweitzer

Portrait of Albert Schweitzer

Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer (German: [ˈalbɛʁt ˈʃvaɪtsɐ] ; 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was a German polymath from Alsace. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. As a Lutheran minister, Schweitzer challenged both the secular view of the historical Jesus as depicted by the...

More quotations from Albert Schweitzer

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

—Albert Schweitzer

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

—Albert Schweitzer

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

—Albert Schweitzer

Just as the water of the streams we see is small in amount compared to that which flows underground, so the idealism which becomes visible is small in amount compared with what men and women bear locked in their hearts.… To unbind what is bound, to bring the underground waters to the surface: mankind is waiting and longing for such as can do that.

—Albert Schweitzer

heart mankind idealism longing water men and women

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

—Albert Schweitzer

More quotations tagged with “prayer”

Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy.

—Laurence Sterne

More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.

—Saint Teresa of Avila

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.

—Francis of Assisi

love prayer seeking

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

—Saint Theresa of Jesus

You can pray for someone even if you don't think God exists.

—Gordon Atkinson

History

1 Mar 2014 Added