Some of the Best Quotes From Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer (January 14, 1875 – September 4, 1965) was a theologian of Alsacean descent. He was born in Kaisersberg, Alsace-Lorraine which at that time was still part of Germany. After the Allied victory in World War I in 1918, he changed his nationality to French based on his Alsacean lineage.

Stamps featuring the face of Albert Schweitzer
Schweitzer argues against both contemporary secular views of historical Jesus and traditional views depicting Jesus as longing for an inescapable end of the world.

Schweitzer received the 1952 Nobel Prize for Peace in 1953 for his teachings on the supreme for life (reverence of life or Ehrfurcht vor dem Leben). The teachings of this philosophy are very clearly applied through the establishment and management of the Lambaréné Hospital in Gabon, West Central Africa. His philosophical views are summarized in his book, Philosophy of Civilization.