Our Soul and Virtue

On pg 35 the book says, "What good would it be to gain the whole world and lose my soul?" I don't think one should take this quote literally. I feel that when Jesus said "the whole world" he didn't really mean the world itself, but the materialistic world. I feel like he is saying, to what extent would we let our desires drive us? Would we be over taken by our desires that in the process we lose our morals? our souls? What good is it to gain earthly objects and to lose what you stand for, or what you believe in? I think that is the real question asked, because sometimes we do let our wants get the best of us that we forget where we come from. Sometimes our desires overpower us that we will do immoral things to gain our wants.
Another quote that struck me was the one that says "goodness leads to the highest happiness." I do agree with this, because to be constantly good can be a challenge. It reminds me of the first Q & A that we have asking whether or not contemporary Christians are up to the challenge of loving everyone. To constantly be good, especially when people are evil to you, is hard to do. When some one does wrong by us we are angry and are quick to want revenge. It is hard to do good by those who wronged us. I think goodness does reach the highest happiness because it is a challenge to constantly do good. So when you do good it makes your heart feel good and then in turn makes you happy.