He 's ruthless only because of his ideals. Unfortunately he doesn't succeed. The thing fails and gets out of hand and takes charge of him. Idealism is the only excuse he could have and it's a great excuse.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The egoist is fooled by no ideals: he discards them or uses them, as may suit his own interest.
Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.
The enemy of idealism is zealotry.
People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him.
Ambition is not in itself an evil; nor is he to be condemned whose spirit prompts him to seek fame by worthy and honourable ways.
Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.
He works his business and manipulates and keeps himself in front of the world.
I guess I am ruthless too because that's what makes a great artist. But I also respect people, I don't go around stepping on their heads.
The man who never makes a mistake always takes orders from one who does. No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her own way is without enemies.
But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his own interest, not for the interest of ideals.