When a completely disabled Stephen Hawking questions the concept of god one cannot fail to admire his belief in atheism!
Madness and genius is merely a matter of degrees.
It’s human to fear isolation for your convictions. But remember that every so often a single Galileo or Darwin had truth on the whole planet.
Shame: The burden of the sensitive.
Success: The fruitful confluence of favourable circumstances.
Democracy: Rule by a minority clique by manipulating the majority vote.
Violence did, does and likely will have a role. But all forms of mindless, target-less, disproportionate violence is against civility and is counter productive.
Materialism is the single largest source of evil in our society. Cliché? Then cite a bigger one.
Crying. What a shame some don’t cry! Crying is most associated with cowardice. It is purity that brings tears.
Some may despise you because you fail them; others because they envy you.