Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer, OMwas a French-German theologian, organist, philosopher, and physician. He was born in the province of Alsace-Lorraine and although that region had been annexed by the German Empire four years earlier, and remained a German possession until 1918, he considered himself French and wrote mostly in French...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionDoctor
Date of Birth14 January 1875
CityKaysersberg, France
CountryGermany
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From native simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.
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The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions.
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Ethics are complete, profound and alive only when addressed to all living beings. Only then are we in spiritual connection with the world. Any philosophy not representing this, not based on the indefinite totality of life, is bound to disappear.
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Any profound view of the world is mysticism. It has, of course, to deal with life and the world, both of which are nonrational entities.
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By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.
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Profound love demands a deep conception and out of this develops reverence for the mystery of life. It brings us close to all beings, to the poorest and smallest as well as all others.
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From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.
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Thought is the strongest thing we have. Work done by true and profound thought - that is a real force.
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Through the power which we win over the forces of nature we get also a gruesome kind of power over our fellow human beings. - Out of My Life and Thoughts.
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Reverence for Life Revisited: Albert Schweitzer's Relevance Today.
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Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life, and that to destroy, to harm, or to hinder life is evil
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Because I have confidence in the power of truths and of spirit, I believe in the future of mankind.- The Philosophy of Civilization.
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Do something for somebody every day for which you do not get paid.
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This new form of activity medicine I could not represent to myself as talking about the religion of love, but only as an actual putting it into practice.