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 More Quotes by Albert Schweitzer More Quotes From Albert Schweitzer We need a boundless ethic, one which will include the animals, too. Until we extend the circle of his compassions to all living things, we will not find peace. Albert Schweitzer circles compassion animal O heavenly Father, protect and bless all things that have breath: guard them from all evil and let them sleep in peace. Albert Schweitzer evil sleep father Your life is something opaque, not transparent, as long as you look at it in an ordinary human way. But if you hold it up against the light of God's goodness, it shines and turns transparent, radiant and bright. And then you ask yourself in amazement: Is this really my own life I see before me? Albert Schweitzer shining light long Affirmation of the world, which means affirmation of the will-to-live that manifests itself around me, is only possible if I devote myself to other life. Albert Schweitzer affirmation mean world The stronger the reverence for natural life, the stronger grows also that for spiritual life. Albert Schweitzer reverence-for-life stronger spiritual I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words. Albert Schweitzer doctors giving years The ethic of Reverence for Life prompts us to keep each other alert to what troubles us and to speak and act dauntlessly together in discharging the responsibility that we feel. It keeps us watching together for opportunities to bring some sort of help to animals in recompense for the great misery that men inflict upon them, and thus for a moment we escape from the incomprehensible horror of existence. Albert Schweitzer responsibility opportunity animal Think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flames within us. Albert Schweitzer thanksgiving thankful thank-you We all owe to others much of the gentleness and wisdom that we have made our own; and we may well ask ourselves what will others owe to us Albert Schweitzer wells made may Mysticism occurs whenever a human being sees the separation between the natural and the supernatural, between the temporal and the eternal, as overcome. Albert Schweitzer separation overcoming natural The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions. Albert Schweitzer devotion-to-god gita profound Creative energy is the essence of all healing...We physicians do nothing, we only help and encourage the physician within. Albert Schweitzer creative essence healing It seemed incredible to me, that physical courage should be so commonplace and revered, while moral courage . . . is so rare and despised. Albert Schweitzer incredibles moral should To the truly ethical man, all of life is sacred, including forms of life that from the human point of view may seem lower than ours. Albert Schweitzer views animal men Help me to fling my life like a flaming firebrand into the gathering darkness of the world. Albert Schweitzer darkness gathering world It is through the idealism of youth that man catches sight of truth, and in that idealism he possesses a wealth which he must never exchange for anything else. Albert Schweitzer truth birthday men We are united with all life that is in nature. Man can no longer live his life for himself alone. Albert Schweitzer united men The greatest living person in the world is some individual who at this very moment has gone in love to help another. Albert Schweitzer gone helping world Rational thinking which is free from assumptions ends therefore in mysticism. To relate oneself in the spirit of reverence for life to the multiform manifestations of the will-to-live which together constitute the world is ethical mysticism. All profound world-view is mysticism, the essence of which is just this: that out of my unsophisticated and naïve existence in the world there comes, as a result of thought about self and the world, spiritual self-devotion to the mysterious infinite Will which is continuously manifested in the universe. Albert Schweitzer self spiritual thinking A thinking man feels compelled to approach all life with the same reverence he has for his own. Albert Schweitzer pet men thinking
