Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.Albert Schweitzer
“Until he extends his circle of compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.”
Theologian and physician · 1875 – 1965
Albert Schweitzer was an Alsatian theologian, musician and physician who founded a hospital at Lambaréné in Gabon and served there for decades. His philosophy of reverence for life and his Bach scholarship earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952.
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