Entangled in the false and the fleeting, men lose the golden chance of grasping the true and the lasting. They refuse to recognise the fruits that grow on the branches of the tree in their own garden; they pluck them before they become ripe and they go about decrying them as sour. Such is the fate of man; he has always ignored God and pursued the paltry joys of pride and greed. (SSS Vol.2, p. 2)