The weak are not a noble breed. Their sublime deeds of faith, daring, and self-sacrifice usually spring from questionable motives. The weak hate not wickedness but weakness; and one instance of their hatred of weakness is hatred of self. All the passionate pursuits of the weak are in some degree a striving to escape, blur, or disguise an unwanted self. It is a striving shot through with malice, envy, self-deception, and a host of petty impulses; yet it often culminates in superb achievements.
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Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
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The short-lived self, teetering on the edge of extinction, is the only thing that can ever really matter.
We have no assurance that half-truth will make us free.
We have no assurance that half-truth will make us free.
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Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence.
No one is truly literate who cannot read his own heart.
No one is truly literate who cannot read his own heart.
