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Albert Schweitzer Quotes
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About Albert Schweitzer
 Life: 1875 - 1965 Country:  Germany Profession: Philosopher; Physician; Albert Schweitzer, M.D., OM, (January 14, 1875 - September 4, 1965) was an Alsatian theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician. He was born in Kaisersberg in Alsace-Lorraine, a Germanophone region which the German Empire returned to France after World War I. Schweitzer challenged both the secular view of historical Jesus current at his time and the traditional Christian view, depicting a Jesus who expected the imminent end of the world. He received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize in 1953 for his philosophy of "reverence for life", expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining the Lambaréné Hospital in Gabon, west central Africa.
more... QuotationsAnyone 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.
~ Albert Schweitzer
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.
~ Albert Schweitzer
It is good to maintain and cherish life; it is evil to destroy and to cheek life. ~ Albert Schweitzer
Happiness? That's nothing more than health and a poor memory. ~ Albert Schweitzer
Ideals are thoughts. So long as they exist merely as thoughts, the power in them remains ineffective. ~ Albert Schweitzer
Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace. ~ Albert Schweitzer
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