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Quote by Albert Schweitzer

“The demands of Jesus are difficult just because they require us to do something extraordinary. At the same time he asks us to regard these as something usual, ordinary.”

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Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer, born on January 14, 1875, and died on September 4, 1965, was a German theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician. He is renowned for his missionary work in Africa. more

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Author:Meister Eckhart

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Source: Conversations with Wendell Berry

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Walks Slave Swim Sail Captains Pirate Steers Clerks Gale

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“I see that the life of this place is always emerging beyond expectation or prediction or typicality, that it is unique, given to the world minute by minute, only once, never to be repeated. And this is when I see that this life is a miracle, absolutely worth having, absolutely worth saving. We are alive within mystery, by miracle.”

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Book:Life is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition

Source: Life is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition

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Source: EDGAR ALLAN POE: 72 Short Stories and Novels & 80+ Poems; Including Essays, Letters & Biography (Illustrated): Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Raven, Tamerlane, Ulalume, Annabel Lee, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-tale Heart, Berenice, The Philosophy of Composition, The Poetic Principle, Eureka…

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Book:The Black Unicorn: Poems

Source: The Black Unicorn: Poems

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Thanks Impermanence Infinite Possibilities Nothing Lasts Forever Realm Of Possibility

Book:Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers

Source: Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers

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