Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.

Next to the bestowal of life itself, the right to direct that life is God's greatest gift to man.

إن الوجود في جوهره حرية ، وإن الحرية تتمثل في الاختيار

We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth,
Neither mortal or immortal,
So that with freedom of choice and with honor,
As thought the maker and molder of thyself,
Thou mayest fashion thyself in whatever shape thou shalt prefer.
Thou shalt have the power out of thy soul's judgment,
to be reborn into the higher forms, which are divine.

As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift.

Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.