Quote by Albert Schweitzer
Let me give you one definition of ethics: It is good to maintain l

Let me give you one definition of ethics: It is good to maintain life and to further life; it is bad to damage and destroy life. And this ethic, profound, universal, has the significance of a religion. It is religion. – Albert Schweitzer

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