The opposite of hot is cold, the reverse of white is black, opposite good stands bad, and so on. The affairs…

The opposite of hot is cold, the reverse of white is black, opposite good stands bad, and so on. The affairs of the world rest on the positive and the negative. People too are of two kinds: the elite and the common folk. The common folk do not think; they follow, they shout, they call out; if they chase, they all chase together; if they flee, they all flee together — a herd bereft of sense. Just as the crowd’s love, attention and devotion are false, so its wrath, hatred and anger are a mirage, and its attention is deceptive. One who is drunk on the applause of the crowd is heedless. The noise of the common folk is no measure of victory or defeat. The elite are silent. The crowd squanders the wisdom of the elite. The elite are people who know when and what words should be said. The elite are those who are able to keep themselves and others from being sacrificed to the passing affairs of the world.