Sublime

a creepy way to talk about people. Yes,

In one respect man is the nearest thing to me, so far as I must do good to men and endure them. But so far as some men make themselves obstacles to my proper acts, man becomes to me one of the things which are indifferent, no less than the sun or wind or a wild beast. Now it is true that these may impede my action, but they are no impediments to my

have always said that the greatest antidote to pathological narcissism is a relationship with a real person. That is why grandiose people have difficulty with real relationships. To the extent that you don't deal consciously with your grandiosity, you won't be able to stand real human beings. You will either try to dominate them or seek to be domin

The tyranny of intimacy psychologizes and personalizes everything.

They are just like me. I’m not the only guy who thinks that being ‘nice’ should make people love him, like him, and treat him well.”