Most men, I am convinced, have an unmistakable feeling at the final moment of significant choice that they are making a free decision, that they can really decide which one of two or more roads to follow.

The dynamic, creative present, however conditioned and restricted by the effects of prior presents, possesses genuine initiative.

The act of willing this or that, of choosing among various courses of conduct, is central in the realm of ethics.

I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice.

For the Humanist, . . . head and heart . . . must function together. . . . The constitution of the Phillips Exeter Academy reads: 'Though goodness without knowledge . . . is weak and feeble, yet knowledge without goodness is dangerous. . . . Both united form the noblest character and lay the surest foundation of usefulness to mankind.'

The cause-effect sequences in our brains are just as determining, just as inescapable, as anywhere else in Nature.

Humanism involves far more than the negation of supernaturalism. It requires an affirmative philosophy . . . translated into a life devoted to one's own improvement and the service of all mankind.