And as the goals the world holds out are reached and passed, poor human beings realize that happiness was not to be found in them. Here the mind comes to a quiet resting place. Only here can we think in limitless terms infinite perfection, eternal happiness, almighty power. Only in religion do we find such things. Once we recognize the absolute obligation to adore God and love Him and serve Him, we find in this obligation a satisfying sense of achievement.
Happiness is to be found even in the practice of the rites of religion.
For while it is good to adore God in the secret of one's heart, it is much more satisfying to adore God with physical manifestations, to confess our sins to God's minister, and to take part in a public ceremony of devotion. It takes religion to make men good. For despite all the laws that society enacts, there is still crime. Despite all the covenants nations enter into, there are still wars. If there is to be any real basis for law and order, any incentive to universal human virtue, there must be a motive more compelling than man-made laws.