Man Is Always Worse Than Most People

Man Has Always Been His Own Most Vexing Problem.

There Are Evidently Limits To The Achievements Of Science; And There Are Irresolvable Contradictions Both Between Prosperity And Virtue, And Between Happiness And ``the Good Life,'' Which Had Not Been Anticipated In Our Philosophy.

Family Life Is Too Intimate To Be Preserved By The Spirit Of Justice. It Can Be Sustained By A Spirit Of Love Which Goes Beyond Justice.

God, Grant Me The Serenity To Accept The Things I Cannot Change, The Courage To Change The Things I Can, And The Wisdom To Know The Difference. Grant Me The Patience With Changes That Take Time, Appreciation Of All That I Have, Tolerance Of Those With Different Struggles, And The Strength To Get Up And Try Again, One Day At A Time.

I Think That The Christian Faith Is Right As Against Simple Forms Of Secularism. That It Believes That There Is In Man A Radical Freedom, And This Freedom Is Creative But It Is Also Destructive. And There's Nothing That Prevents This From Being Both Creative And Destructive.