If I am a thinking being, I must regard life other than my own with equal reverence, for I shall know that it longs for fullness and development as deeply as I do myself. Therefore, I see that evil is what annihilates, hampers, or hinders life.…Goodness, by the same token, is the saving or helping of life, the enabling of whatever life I can to attain its highest development.

Albert Schweitzer—the Alsatian German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor in Africa—was born this day in 1875 and received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his works in behalf of “the Brotherhood of Nations.”