The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.


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Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
If you love something so much let it go. If it comes back it was meant to be; if it doesn't it never...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suf...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - h...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
It is not enough merely to exist. It's not enough to say, 'I'm earning enough to support my family. ...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace....
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
Our civilization lacks humane feeling. We are humans who are insufficiently humane! We must realize ...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
The city of truth cannot be built on the swampy ground of skepticism.
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
To the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, ...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always se...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
We must never permit the voice of humanity within us to be silenced. It is man's sympathy with all c...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. This is what gives me the fundamental principle of ...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
To think out in every implication the ethic of love for all creation... this is the difficult task w...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
Reverence for Life Revisited: Albert Schweitzer's Relevance Today.
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
I do not know which will be the destiny of each one of you; but one thing I know - the only ones amo...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true wor...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be re...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of hi...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess a...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
O heavenly Father,
protect and bless all things
that have breath: guard them
from all...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that ...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had ...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
There are only three ways to teach a child. The first is by example, the second is by example, the t...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
For animals that are overworked, underfed, and cruelly treated; for all wistful creatures in captivi...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
The thinking man must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surroun...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.

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ALBERT SCHWEITZER
The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will ...
DR. ALBERT SCHWEITZER
I don't know a single Republican in Montana who would get in a fight in a bowling alley for John...
BRIAN SCHWEITZER
The big guys, the big dogs, are going to own everything from the White House to the courthouse.
BRIAN SCHWEITZER
We need to work our level best in this legislative session to help grow Montana's economy, so that g...
BRIAN SCHWEITZER
John Brown is a great legal intellect, ... He has a composed and compassionate way about him and I a...
BRIAN SCHWEITZER
So, I started doing my ads while I was sitting on a horse or holding a gun,
BRIAN SCHWEITZER
In fact, Congress' own General Accounting Office issued a report last year reaffirming that prescrip...
BRIAN SCHWEITZER
makes no sense to harm other endangered species in the process.
BRIAN SCHWEITZER
Smell that, ... You hardly smell anything. This is a clean fuel, converted from coal by a chemical p...
BRIAN SCHWEITZER
There's no vision in that energy bill, ... There's no future.
BRIAN SCHWEITZER
Agriculture will continue to be a large part of who we are in Montana, ... But growth depends on acc...
BRIAN SCHWEITZER
The people of Montana have also spoken that we need to reimburse our healthcare providers at a highe...
BRIAN SCHWEITZER
This country has no energy plan, no vision for the future, ... We give more tax breaks and money for...
BRIAN SCHWEITZER
He works hard day in and day out to improve his skills. He has a lot of heart. He's driven from with...
CASEY SCHWEITZER