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.

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

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No one has ever come back from the other world. I can't console you, but...

No one has ever come back from the other world. I can't console you, but...

A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each...

A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each...

The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have...

The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have...

Renunciation of thinking is a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy. - Out of My Life and...

Renunciation of thinking is a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy. - Out of My Life and...

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further...

Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further...

Because I have confidence in the power of truths and of spirit, I believe in...

Because I have confidence in the power of truths and of spirit, I believe in...

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as...

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as...

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his...

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his...

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

You must not expect anything from others. It's you, of yourself, of whom you must...

You must not expect anything from others. It's you, of yourself, of whom you must...

To the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my...

To the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my...

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will...

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will...

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another...

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another...

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

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

Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy.

Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy.

Without fear and illness, I could never have accomplished all I have.

Without fear and illness, I could never have accomplished all I have.