——— On Compromise. ———
Q: I'm going to forgive imbeciles. I'm going to work with despicable people. I'm going to compromise, and I'm actually going to change the world. You can be alone if you wish.
A: On the contrary, you will try:
you will try to work with imbeciles,
you will try to work with despicable people.
You will try to compromise, and you will fail, and you'll feel the bitterness of knowing how much better off you would be (and how much better the outcomes of your project would be) if you had been uncompromising, if you had held others to the same standards as yourself.
And then, only then, you will begin to change the world.
Q: How many people will actually change the world, with or without compromising? […]
A: Those who will change the world choose themselves. Both the many and the few: they choose themselves.
And they choose themselves because they know themselves. First know, then choose.
