The Convictions of a Humanist: The Great Humanist Lion, Paul Kurtz, Was Honored by the American Humanist Association on Saturday, June 9, 2007, at Its Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon. The Following Is Adapted from His Speech in Acceptance of the Aha's Lifetime Achievement. Award (Speech‪)‬

I WISH TO THANK the American Humanist Association for its Lifetime Achievement Award. I have done many things during my life on behalf of humanism, but 2007 stood out as the fortieth anniversary (1967) of my assuming the editorship of the Humanist magazine and also the thirtieth year (1977) since I stepped down. That was quite an eventful decade. I have lived what many of my friends think is an unbelievably active life. It is commonly thought that this is the time when people in their right minds should retire; perhaps I should have my head examined, for I am still at work. It is also the age at which reflective wisdom is supposed to develop, and so this would seem a good occasion for me to engage in some retrospective reflections about humanism.