"Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters.

There are only two means by which men can deal with one another: guns or logic. Force or persuasion. Those who know that they cannot win by means of logic, have always resorted to guns.

Since time immemorial and pre-industrial, 'greed' has been the accusation hurled at the rich by the concrete-bound illiterates who were unable to conceive of the source of wealth or of the motivation of those who produce it.

She started off, walking fast, as if the speed of her steps could give form to the things she felt.

A quest for self-respect is proof of its lack

It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master.

An emotion as much tells you nothing about reality, beyond the fact that something makes you feel something.