First time in paperback, excerpts from the speeches and extensive writings of one of the great humanitarians of his time. "No one in our times has provided more inspiration". -- Norman Cousins When Norman Cousins visited Nobel Laureate Albert Schweitzer at his clinic in equatorial Africa in 1957, he came away believing that this Alsatian-born doctor could rightfully be called "the conscience of our age". Themes in The Words of Albert Schweitzer include: knowledge and discovery, reverence for life, faith, the life of the soul, the musician as artist, and civilization and peace -- all resounding with Schweitzer's deep spirituality.