And, as I wrote in “Man’s Relationship with God”, if I had been successful I would have enjoyed my success; I would not have contemplated writing a book about it. Only failure was going to prompt me to write!
The awful mystery which is reality may be inside us, as well as outside us. And it is only human sometimes to be afraid to face it; which is why I think it is better to face the mystery-without in the presence of other people, either as a member of a Church or as a citizen of the State. It is a terrible thing to have to face the Divine Unfathomable Mystery always alone; which simply repeats the old-fashioned view that it is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the Living God.