Small clay figures kneel around a gold trophy topped with a wire halo on ochre ground.

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J.M. Barrie

One’s religion is whatever he is most interested in, and yours is Success.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker argues that a person's real faith is whatever most absorbs their attention and devotion, and tells the listener that theirs is worldly achievement. It is a pointed rebuke: ambition has replaced worship, and success has become the thing they serve.

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