Albert Schweitzer Quotes

We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.

My body gets weak without truth.

Well, the truth is always what should be told. And the truth and the knowledge of the truth is what everybody should represent, regardless of the consequences of doing it.

It is better to be true to what you believe, though that be wrong, than to be false to what you believe, even if that belief is correct.

To tell the truth is revolutionary.

If you speak your mind and if it is true what you're saying, then I think the integrity of what you're saying carries through.

America needs some honest men who dare to say what they think, not what they think people want them to think.

My soldier weapon is the weapon of truth.

You must study to be frank with the world: Frankness is the child of honesty and courage.

I'm not prepared to give up the truth for popularity.

If you look for truth, you have to be courageous.

Sincerity is the foundation of the spiritual life.

My work is to be honest. My work is to try to think clearly, then have the courage to make sure that what I say is the truth.

He who has truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue.

There is no merit in being truthful when one is truthful by nature, or rather when one can be nothing else; it is a gift, like poetry or music. But it needs courage to be truthful after carefully considering the matter, unless a kind of pride is involved; for example, the man who says to himself, "I am ugly," and then says, "I am ugly" to his friends, lest they should think themselves the first to make the discovery.

Whenever it feels uncomfortable to tell the truth, that's often the most important time to tell it.

If the truth is worth telling, it is worth making a fool of yourself to tell it.

Before speaking, consult your inner-truth barometer, and resist the temptation to tell people only what they want to hear.

Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.

You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted that you mean to do right.

There is something so mean and unmanly in the arts of dissimulation and falsehood that I am surprised they can be used by anyone in so noble, so generous a passion as virtuous love.

I've always spoken my mind and from the heart.

I'm never concerned about my beliefs hurting me in any way. I'd rather lose a job than have to lie.

There's freedom in being rigorously honest. I lied all my life.

Honesty, vulnerability, pain - these are things that always supersede the trends of the day.