“Those who thank God much are the truly wealthy. So our inner happiness depends not on what we experience but on the degree of our gratitude to God, whatever the experience.”

— Albert Schweitzer

Reverence for Life (1969)

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

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