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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.
- Albert Schweitzer

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world
- Albert Schweitzer

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.
- Albert Schweitzer

One does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.
- Albert Schweitzer

Simplicity From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.
- Albert Schweitzer

The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics.
- Albert Schweitzer

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate.
- Albert Schweitzer

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. Thanks to Ellen Fletcher
- Albert Schweitzer

The future of civilization depends on our overcoming the meaninglessness and hopelessness that characterizes the thoughts of men today.
- Albert Schweitzer

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.
- Albert Schweitzer