Albert Schweitzer Quotes

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

Albert Schweitzer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: theologian
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: January 14, 1875 - September 4, 1965

Topics

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When you do a half-hour show, there's only so much you can do. At best, you're going to get a character with two-and-a-half dimensions.

Jean Smart

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I'm not a chocolate man. I'm Skittles, anything made by Wonka. You know, I like candy, not chocolate.

Michael Beasley

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There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights.

Smedley Butler

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I was very bad at mathematics in school, and I always had the feeling as a kid that when I worked on problems, that I would be wrong.

Simon McBurney

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The question is, really, does the nonexistence of another attack prove that the programs that are in place are working?

Matt Apuzzo

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I continually ask myself if a decision I'm about to make falls short in the eyes of God or my family or my colleagues. It's actually a pretty simple litmus test: am I doing the right thing or not? The answer is generally an easy one.

Mike Gallagher

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Madrid is a big and beautiful city with great parks where I like to walk. There are a lot of squares and museums, historic monuments. But I'm more a home guy; I feel most comfortable there with my wife and kids. We play, watch cartoons, like all families do.

Luka Modric

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If you have high IQ, you're really good at finding post-hoc arguments to support your feelings of truthiness.

Jonathan Haidt

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Countries around the world are celebrating new oil and natural gas discoveries that hold the promise of greater prosperity for their citizens.

Bob Beauprez

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Self-love seems so often unrequited.

Anthony Powell

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Governments can't credibly claim to be concerned about stagnant growth and ageing workforces unless they are actively seeking to empower women economically. One way they can speed up progress towards gender-equal economic opportunity is to change laws that are holding women back.

Arancha Gonzalez

ChangeGrowthWomenOpportunityBack

Even when writing your own poems, you need to talk to people; you need to magpie around, getting words and things. I'm very against the celebrity culture that wants to say: 'this is a genius, this is one person who has done something brilliant.' There are always a hundred people in the background who have helped to make it.

Alice Oswald

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