Say unto thine own heart, 'I am mine own redeemer.

When ghettos become the mainstream of society, islands of individuality cannot help but harbor an elite.

Behold the crucifix; what does it symbolize? Pallid incompetence hanging on a tree.

When other people ask me, 'What gives you the right to suggest standards for others?', my answer is, 'If I don't, someone else, perhaps less qualified, will.

The other exception to the rule regards dealings with masochists. A masochist derives pleasure from being hurt; so denying the masochist his pleasure through-pain hurts him just as much as actual physical pain hurts the non masochist. The story of the truly cruel sadist illustrates this point: The masochist says to the sadist, "beat me." To which the merciless sadist replies, "NO!" If a person wants to be hurt and enjoys suffering, then there is no reason not to indulge him in his wont.

If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat him cruelly and without mercy.

Heaven must be populated with some rather strange creatures if all they lived for was to go to a place where they can strum harps for eternity.