Albert Schweitzer

It is not always granted to the sower to see the harvest.

Truth has not special time of its own. Its hour is now - always and, indeed then most truly, when it seems unsuitable to actual circumstances.

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

Happiness? That's nothing more than good health and a poor memory.

It is man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man.

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

Every man has to seek in his own way to make his own self more noble and to realize his own true worth.

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.

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

Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live unreflectively and begins to devote himself to his life with reverence in order to raise it to its true value. To affirm life is to deepen, to make more inward, and to exalt the will to live.