#ill

A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

#fathers #killing #left #means #mothers

Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

#any #fighting #his #salt #should

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#compassion #extends #find #himself #his

Had we taken all of Iraq, we would have been like a dinosaur in the tar pit - we would still be there, and we, not the United Nations, would be bearing the costs of that occupation. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

#been #costs #dinosaur #had #iraq

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#help #help others #human #human life #life

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#destiny #found #happy #how #i

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

#better #calamities #character #elasticity #escapes

One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#found #happy #how #i #know

Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#capacity #destroying #earth #end #foresee

Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#because #bother #host #i #i am