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Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.

We are becoming able to see the pursuit of external power for what it is and the futility of trying to escape the pain of powerlessness by changing the world. When we look inward, not outward, we can dismantle the parts of our personalities that have controlled us for so long - such as anger, jealousy, vindictiveness, superiority, inferiority.

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn from it.

Only the contemptible fear contempt.

How could this world be so unlike the world that I believed I was living in? I can't describe it. Do I not want to describe it, or do I simply not possess the vocabulary?

Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world which is a playground of illusion, full of false paths, false values and false ideals. But you are not part of that world.

In order to feel contempt, you generally need to cherish some kind of feelings.

Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.

What I had to learn was, that I'm only responsible for my perception of things. The world's not out to get you. That's not the way it works.