Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in an upward movement, without limit.

Faith is personal if it's to be real.

The ethical manifold, conceived of as unified, furnishes, or rather is, the ideal of the whole.

The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the fire that burns thereon.

The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of maintaining the custom of public assemblies on Sunday.

As with real reading, the ability to comprehend subtlety and complexity comes only with time and a lot of experience. If you don't adequately acquire those skills, moving out into the real world of real people can actually become quite scary.