Albert Schweitzer

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self.

Just as the wave cannot rise higher than its source, so a man's life cannot be higher than his inner life.

The secret of life is to be found in the act of giving.

Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only achieve its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures.

The greatest discovery of any generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted.

The mother of skepticism is not certainty, but indifference.

In a world of plenty, we can no longer pretend that some peoples are invisible or voiceless.

The end of all ethical systems is to make men happy.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.

The history of civilization is the record of the conflict between the instinct of self-preservation and the instinct of self-annihilation.

True morality consists in doing good to others.

The advantage of music over painting is that the musician can express the inexpressible.

Let me give you a new command: Love one another. In the same way I loved you, so you should love one another.

The final decision on the value of a life will not be made until its end.

I wanted to be a theologian. But now that I am a doctor, I also want to preach the gospel by deeds.

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

The only way out of the misery of life is to find a meaning in it.

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.