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Quote by Albert Schweitzer
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than t

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 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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Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier. – Albert Schweitzer

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We must all die. But that I can save him from days of torture, that is what I feel as my great and ever new privelege. Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death himself. – Albert Schweitzer

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