We are vertebrates tipped at the head with a divine flame.

I believe the following:

-that each human being possesses a soul and that collective mankind can be said to have a soul;

-that the soul is mutable by us;

-that each of us has the obligation to be the best person we can be; 

-that we owe that obligation to the soul, to each of our souls, and to the collective soul of mankind;

-that to do otherwise is to erase the distinction between homo sapiens and the lower animals;

-that the pursuit of happiness is inconsistent with the obligation to the soul.