To me, good health is more than just exercise and diet. It’s really a point of view and a mental attitude you have about yourself.
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Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.
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Birth: | 14th January, 1875 |
Death: | 4th September, 1965 |
Nationality: | German, French |
Profession: | Philosopher, Physician, Theologian |
Albert Schweitzer was a German and later French theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary in Africa, also known for his interpretive life of Jesus. He was born in the province of Alsace-Lorraine, at that time part of the German Empire. He received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of "Reverence for Life", expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, now in Gabon, west central Africa.
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