albert schweitzer

“ The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is. ”

“ 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. ”

“ In order to make the Kingdom of God a practical reality, it was necessary for Him to dissociate it from all the forces of this world, and to bring morality and religion into the closest connexion. ”

“ We all know how important love is, yet how often is it really emoted or exhibited? What so many sick people in this world suffer from - loneliness, boredom, and fear- can't be cured with a pill. ”

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

“ No one can give a definition of the soul. But we know what it feels like. The soul is the sense of something higher than ourselves, something that stirs in us thoughts, hopes, aspirations which go out to the world of goodness, truth, and beauty. The soul is a burning desire to breathe in this world of light and never to lose it - to remain children of the light. ”

“ Jesus was called to throw himself on the wheel of world history, so that, even though it crushed him, it might start to turn in the opposite direction. ”

“ 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. ”

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

“ You must not expect anything from others. Its you, of yourself, of whom you must ask a lot. Only from oneself has one the right to ask everything and anything. This way its up to you your own choices what you get from others remains a present, a gift. ”