More Quotes by Albert Schweitzer
Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that we are transported from the world of unrest to a world of peace, and see reality in a new way, as if we were sitting by a mountain lake and contemplating hills and woods and clouds in the tranquil and fathomless water.
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.
Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.
We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.
The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.
The the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hope are optimistic.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
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.
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
He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.
