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

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.

True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.

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.

Intuition does not in itself amount to knowledge, yet cannot be disregarded by philosophers and psychologists.

The intuition of free will gives us the truth.

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

Human beings and their actions constitute the advancing front, the surging crest of an ongoing movement that never stops.

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

The highest ethical duty is often to discard the outmoded ethics of the past.

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

There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be...

But if ever I try to mend, some other bodies would instantly break, would instantly be fragments.

The worst of faces still is human.

In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.

So it is the business community and agricultural community who I think might have the most influence on helping us make this effort more bipartisan.

The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are.

Lexicographers are language reporters.

I didn't really watch action films growing up! I grew up on stuff like 'Anne of Green Gables' - that was more when I was in elementary school. It was all I ever watched.

I haven't achieved as much as I should have done in my career.

It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of war that can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.