“The historical Jesus will be to our time a stranger and an enigma.”

— Albert Schweitzer, The Quest of the Historical Jesus, 1906

About Albert Schweitzer

1875 – 1965

Alsatian theologian, physician and missionary, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (1952).

“Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.”

“Modern Christianity must always reckon with the possibility of having to abandon the historical figure of Jesus.”

“Truth has no special time of its own.”

“Let whatever appears to be the best be to you an inviolable law.”

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

“All that glisters is not gold.”

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”

“And one man in his time plays many parts.”

“Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.”