"Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy."
— Albert Schweitzer

January 1, 1970

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Letter to a Japanese Animal Welfare Society (1961); also in The Words of Albert Schweitzer (1984) edited by ‎Norman Cousins, p. 37