MAN, KNOW THEYSELF!

man, know theyself! ~ 13 ~ in their faces are directly connected with success or failure in the fulfillment of material ambitions. No one cares about tomorrow. Everyone wants his share of the good things of life right this minute, and even being accepted and liked by other people would appear to depend on the type and amount of one’s possessions. Everyone, in fact, wants the world. No one wants the afterworld. No one, indeed, even thinks about it. And this state of affairs is to be found not only in our big cities, but even in the tiniest of villages. Wherever one goes, people have the same obsessions. Male and female, rich and poor, young and old, townsman and countryman, religious or irreligious - all are running in this same direction. All are frittering away their precious time and talents on material gain. What an obsession! No sacrifice, however dubious in character, is too great if it brings them such things. Even faith and conscience are sacrificed at the alter of worldly gain. No compromise is too base. Success of this kind, however, is trivial and without meaning, for it will be of no avail in the after-life.