Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.
I didn't study theology out of piety. I studied it because I wanted to know.
Everyone has a purpose in life and a unique talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals.
Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.
In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the things that are met with by the way.
The ultimate goal is to be an interesting, useful, wholesome person. If you're successful on top of that, then you're way ahead of everybody.
Every goal, every action, every thought, every feeling one experiences, whether it be consciously or unconsciously known, is an attempt to increase one's level of peace of mind.
If the attainment of peace is the ultimate objective of all statesmen, it is, at the same time, something very ordinary, closely tied to the daily life of each individual.
For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.