One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on some…

Albert Schweitzer
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One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history. ✨ Albert Schweitzer (2014). Reverence for Life: The Ethics of Albert Schweitzer for the Twenty-First Century, p.26, Open Road Media
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