“The deeper we look into nature, the more we recognize that it is full of life, and the more profoundly we know that all life is a secret and that we are united with all life that is in nature. Man can no longer live for himself alone. We realize that all life is valuable, and that we are united to all this life. From this knowledge comes our spiritual relationship to the universe.”

— Albert Schweitzer

Source: The Spiritual Life (1947), p. 248

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

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