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12-27-2019, 10:55 PM
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Albert Schweitzer was Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor in Lambaréné, now in Gabon, west central Africa. He received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of Reverence for Life. Whenever he faced obstacles in life, he found solace in music and cats.
Born on 14 January 1875 in Kayserberg in Upper Alsace, the son of a Lutheran pastor.
His father and maternal grandfather were ministers; both of his grandfathers were talented organists; many of his relatives were persons of scholarly attainments.
In 1893 Schweitzer began to study philosophy and theology at the University of Strasbourg, where he took the doctor's degree in philosophy in 1899.
Schweitzer had two cats named Sizi and Piccolo.
According to legend, his cats liked to sleep in the middle of his desk and if someone needed some papers, they were required to wait until the cats woke up.
"There are two means of refuge from the misery of life -- music and cats."
-- Albert Schweitzer
"If you love something so much let it go. If it comes back it was meant to be; if it doesn't it never was."
--Albert Schweitzer
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
--Albert Schweitzer
At the age of 30, having decided to become a mission doctor to devote himself to philanthropic work, and in 1913 he became a doctor of medicine.
The reason he desired to study medicine, he explained as the desire to work with my hands... For years I have been giving myself out in words, but 'this new form of activity' would not be merely talking about 'the religion of love, but actually putting it into practice.
In March 1913, Dr. and Mrs. Schweitzer left for Africa to build the hospital at Lambaréné in the French Congo, now Gabon.
They began their health care delivery in a chicken coop, and gradually added new buildings, so the hospital now treats thousands of patients.
At the age of 78, Schweitzer was honored for his humanitarian work with the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 1952.
Until his death in 1965, Schweitzer continued to publish, lecture, perform and care for the sick. Throughout his life, he'd been a total doer backed upon countless nights and days of contemplation.
"Seek always to do some good, somewhere... Even if it's a little thing, so something for those that need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it."
--Albert Schweitzer
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12-29-2019, 11:55 AM
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(hysterical shrieking)
Anyway, this one just keeps getting better.
(Also, Albert Schweitzer always earns a
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