“When I began to search for the meaning of life, I was at first attracted by the pursuit of wealth and leisure. As most people discover there is little satisfaction in such things, and a life oriented to the gratification of greed or killing time is unworthy of our humanity. We have been given life in order to achieve something worthwhile, to make good use of our talents, for life itself points us to eternity.”
Hilary of Poitiers in Celebrating the Saints: Daily Spiritual Readings comp. by Robert Atwell (Norwich: SCM Press, 2004) 36.