“If once we admit—be it only for an hour or in some exceptional case—that anything can be more important than a feeling of love for our fellows, then there is no crime which we may not commit with easy minds….Men think there are circumstances when one may deal with human beings without love. But there are no such circumstances….If you feel no love, sit still. Occupy yourself with things, with yourself, with anything you like, only not with men….Only let yourself deal with a man without love…and there are no limits to the suffering you will bring on yourself.”
