“He is fond of being misunderstood. It gives him a post of vantage.”
“I wont let you fall," he said, and because he never did, the world from that vantage point stops being so crazy.”
“After all, man may be fond not only ofwell-being. Perhaps he is just as fond of suffering? Perhaps suffering is just as much in his interest as well-being?”
“Jonathan sighed. The price of being misunderstood, he thought. They call you devil or they call you god.”
“Most of the things I do are misunderstood. Hey, after all, being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses, is it not?”
“The habit of considering a man’s religious, moral and political opinions before appointing him to a post or giving him a job is the modern form of persecution.”