Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher
Kulturphilosophie (1923), Vol. 2 : Civilization and Ethics
“Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life — it is bad to damage and destroy life. And this ethic, profound and universal, has the significance of a religion. It is religion.”
As quoted in Albert Schweitzer : The Man and His Mind (1947) by George Seaver, p. 366<!-- also in Come to Judgment (1980) by Alden Whitman, p. 5 -->
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