“The most tragic waste… is in the spiritual lives of men.”
Source: Something More, A Consideration of the Vast, Undeveloped Resources of Life (1920), p. 83
Context: The most tragic waste... is in the spiritual lives of men. Men who have the capacity for sonship and brotherhood are living as aliens and enemies, men who have the capacity for companionship are living as hermits, men who have the capacity for mighty victories are living as helpless slaves, men who have the capacity for service are living as parasites. Man is only a small fraction of what he might be.
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