"Faith which refuses to face indisputable facts is……" — Albert Schweitzer
"Faith which refuses to face indisputable facts is but little faith. Truth is always gain, however hard it is to accommodate ourselves to it. To linger in any kind of untruth proves to be a departure from the straight way of faith."
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298 Quotes by Albert Schweitzer
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