Albert Schweitzerauthor profile |
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| born | January 14, 1875 |
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| died | September 04, 1965 |
| gender | male |
| place of birth | Kaisersberg, Alsace-Lorraine, France |
| genre | Religion & Spirituality |
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about this author
Albert Schweitzer, M.D., OM, (January 14, 1875 – September 4, 1965) was an Alsatian theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician. He was born in Kaisersberg in Alsace-Lorraine, a Germanophone region which the German Empire returned to France after World War I. Schweitzer challenged both the secular view of historical Jesus current at his time and the traditional Christian view, depicting a Jesus who expected the imminent end of the world. He received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize in 1953 for his philosophy of "reverence for life", expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining the Lambaréné Hospital in Gabon, west central Africa. |
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quotes by Albert Schweitzer
"The only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats..."
— Albert Schweitzer
— Albert Schweitzer
"Sometimes our flame goes out, but is
blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being."
— Albert Schweitzer
blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being."
— Albert Schweitzer
"Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace."
— Albert Schweitzer
— Albert Schweitzer