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

- Corliss Lamont

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

- Corliss Lamont

For the Humanist, . . . head and heart . . . must function together. . . . The constitution of the Phillips Exeter Academy reads: 'Though goodness wi…

- Corliss Lamont

Since Humanism as a functioning credo is so closely bound up with the methods of reason and science, plainly free speech and democracy are its very l…

- Corliss Lamont

Supernatural entities simply do not exist. This nonreality of the supernatural means, on the human level, that men do not possess supernatural and im…

- Corliss Lamont

We do not ask to be born; and we do not ask to die. But born we are and die we must. We come into existence and we pass out of existence. And in neit…

- Corliss Lamont

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 outs…

- Corliss Lamont

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.

- Corliss Lamont

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 …

- Corliss Lamont