A story has been thought to its conclusion when it has taken its worst possible turn.
Man is imperfect. The reality he creates is always endangered by man.
Power is paradoxical.
What the world needs is not redemption from sin but redemption from hunger and oppression; it has no need to pin its hopes upon Heaven, it has everything to hope for from this earth.
In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.
The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.