Albert Schweitzer – Purpee Quotes

“Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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Example is leadership.

Posted on March 16, 2017March 16, 2012 by admin

“Example is leadership.”

— Albert Schweitzer

Author: Albert Schweitzer
Category: leadership
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The willow which bends to the tempest,

Posted on July 13, 2016July 13, 2011 by admin

“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.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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Man must cease attributing his problems to

Posted on February 13, 2016February 13, 2011 by admin

“Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will – his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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Category: faith
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Just as the wave cannot exist for

Posted on January 18, 2016January 18, 2011 by admin

“Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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Category: experience
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