Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed.
Albert SchweitzerThe highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.
Albert SchweitzerWherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. Remember, you don't live in a world all of your own
Albert SchweitzerFor us the great men are not those who solved the problems, but those whodiscovered them.
Albert SchweitzerOne who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
Albert SchweitzerVery little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. The roots of cruelty, therefore, are not so much strong as widespread. But the time must come when inhumanity protected by custom and thoughtlessness will succumb before humanity championed by thought. Let us work that this time may come.
Albert Schweitzer