“Not less strong than the will to truth must be the will to sincerity.”

—  Albert Schweitzer

Reverence for Life (1969)
Context: Not less strong than the will to truth must be the will to sincerity. Only an age, which can show the courage of sincerity, can possess truth, which works as a spiritual force within it.

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French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosoph… 1875–1965

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