A society without intellectuals is like a body without a head

I am. I think. I will.

She was incapable of love for any object not of her own choice and she resented anyone's demand for it.

The most depraved type of human being ... (is) the man without a purpose.

I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals and I loathe humanity for its failure to live up to these possibilities.

The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.

Why is it immoral for you to desire, but moral for others to do so? Why is it immoral to produce a value and keep it, but moral to give it away? And if it is not moral for you to keep a value, why is it moral for others to accept it? If you are selfless and virtuous when you give it, are they not selfish and vicious when they take it?