A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality.
Bio: Matthias "Matt" Frei is a German-born British television news journalist and writer, formerly the Washington, D.C., correspondent for Channel 4 News. He is now the channel's Europe Editor and an occasional presenter of the evening news.