Overemphasis on the sex aspect of morality has led to a neglect of its other aspects and a narrowing of its range.

The wise man looks at death with honesty, dignity and calm, recognizing that the tragedy it brings is inherent in the great gift of life.

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

Humanism believes that the individual attains the good life by harmoniously combining personal satisfactions and continuous self-development with significant work and other activities that contribute to the welfare of the community.

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 theory that everyone acts from self-interest, direct or indirect, is psychologically unsound. . . . Throughout history . . . there have been millions of men and women with some sort of Humanist philosophy who have consciously given up their lives for a social ideal.

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