Top 250 Albert Schweitzer Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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

— Albert Schweitzer

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3. “If you love something so much let it go. If it comes back it was meant to be; if it doesn’t it never was.”

— Albert Schweitzer

4. “Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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5. “At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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

— Albert Schweitzer

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7. “The thinking person must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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

— Albert Schweitzer

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9. “The only escapes from the miseries of life are music and cats.”

— Albert Schweitzer

10. “The greatest thing is to give thanks for everything. He who has learned this knows what it means to live. He has penetrated the whole mystery of life: giving thanks for everything.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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11. “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

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12. “The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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13. “Example is leadership.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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14. “There can be no Kingdom of God in the world without the Kingdom of God in our hearts.”

— Albert Schweitzer

15. “Every patient carries her or his own doctor inside.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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16. “If you own something you cannot give away, then you don’t own it, it owns you.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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

— Albert Schweitzer

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18. “Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself.”

— Albert Schweitzer

19. “A good example has twice the value of good advice.”

— Albert Schweitzer

20. “The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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

— Albert Schweitzer

22. “Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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23. “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 will have sought and found how to serve.”

— Albert Schweitzer

24. “The doctor of the future will be oneself.”

— Albert Schweitzer

25. “Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.”

— Albert Schweitzer

26. “Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.”

— Albert Schweitzer

27. “One person can and does make a difference.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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28. “No ray of sunlight is ever lost, but the green which it awakes into existence needs time to sprout, and it is not always granted to the sower to see the harvest. All work that is worth anything is done in faith.”

— Albert Schweitzer

29. “Animal protection is education to the humanity.”

— Albert Schweitzer

30. “Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.”

— Albert Schweitzer

31. “To work for the common good is the greatest creed.”

— Albert Schweitzer

32. “There is no higher religion than human service.”

— Albert Schweitzer

33. “Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.”

— Albert Schweitzer

34. “To me, good health is more than just exercise and diet. Its really a point of view and a mental attitude you have about yourself.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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

— Albert Schweitzer

36. “It’s supposed to be a secret, but I’ll tell you anyway. We doctors do nothing. We only help. And encourage the doctor within.”

— Albert Schweitzer

37. “At that point in life where your talent meets the needs of the world, that is where God wants you to be.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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

— Albert Schweitzer

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

— Albert Schweitzer

40. “Wherever 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 Schweitzer

41. “The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions.”

— Albert Schweitzer

42. “One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.”

— Albert Schweitzer

43. “Do not lose heart, even if you must wait a bit before finding the right thing. Be prepared for disappointment also, but do not abandon the quest.”

— Albert Schweitzer

44. “If you study life deeply, its profundity will seize you suddenly with dizziness.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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45. “There slowly grew up in me an unshakable conviction that we have no right to inflict suffering and death on another living creature, unless there is some unavoidable necessity for it.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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46. “When people have light in themselves, it will shine out from them. Then we get to know each other as we walk together in the darkness, without needing to pass our hands over each other’s faces, or to intrude into each other’s hearts.”

— Albert Schweitzer

47. “Not only is example the best way to teach, it is the only way.”

— Albert Schweitzer

48. “For those who sincerely seek the truth should not fear the outcome.”

— Albert Schweitzer

49. “Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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50. “Don’t let your hearts grow numb. Stay alert. It is your soul which matters.”

— Albert Schweitzer