Success Is No Proof Of Virtue. In

Mundus Vult Decipi: The World Wants To Be Deceived. The Truth Is Too Complex And Frightening; The Taste For The Truth Is An Acquired Taste That Few Acquire…. ….the World Winks At Dishonesty. The World Does Not Call It Dishonesty

Job's Forthright Indictment Of The Injustice Of This World Is Surely Right. The Ways Of The World Are Weird And Much More Unpredictable Than Either Scientists Or Theologians Generally Make Things Look.

The Greeks Had Considered Hope The Final Evil In Pandora's Box. They Also Gave Us An Image Of Perfect Nobility: A Human Being Lovingly Doing Her Duty To Another Human Being Despite All Threats, And Going To Her Death With Pride And Courage, Not Deterred By Any Hope - Antigone.

Let People Who Do Not Know What To Do With Themselves In This Life, But Fritter Away Their Time Reading Magazines And Watching Television, Hope For Eternal Life... The Life I Want Is A Life I Could Not Endure In Eternity. It Is A Life Of Love And Intensity, Suffering And Creation, That Makes Life Worthwhile And Death Welcome. There Is No Other Life I Should Prefer. Neither Should I Like Not To Die.

The First Function Of A Book Review Should Be, I Believe, To Give Some Idea Of The Contents And Character Of The Book.