Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live u…

Albert Schweitzer
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Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live unreflectively and begins to devote himself to his life with reverence in order to raise it to its true value. To affirm life is to deepen, to make more inward, and to exalt the will. ✨ Albert Schweitzer (2014). Reverence for Life: The Ethics of Albert Schweitzer for the Twenty-First Century, p.49, Open Road Media
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