“The pre-scientific age, whatever its deficiencies, had at least offered its members the peace of mind that follows from knowing all man-made achievements to be nothing next to the grandeur of the universe. We, more blessed in our gadgetry but less humble in our outlook, have been left... having no more compelling repository of veneration than our brilliant, precise, blinkered and morally troubling fellow human beings.” MenMindHumansHas BeensMadeAgeUniverseNextLeftHuman BeingsKnowingMembersAchievementFellowsBlessedHumbleBrilliantPeace Of MindCompellingPreciseOutlookGrandeurDeficiencyVeneration Author:Alain de Botton
“Human character is never found "to enter into its glory," except through the ordeal of affliction. Its force cannot come forth without the offer of resistance, nor can the grandeur of its free will declare itself, except in the battle of fierce temptation.” HumansCharacterFoundForceBattleOffersGloryResistanceTemptationFree WillFierceAfflictionGrandeurOrdeals Book:Hours of thought on sacred things, sermons Source: Hours of thought on sacred things, sermons