Why use hellish fire and torture racks? Others are hell. One of the standards for personal growth is to refuse others without feeling guilty. When your understanding surpasses that of most people, you often become unwelcome. The way others see you is not you. The way you see yourself is also not you; the way you see others is precisely the true you. The ultimate freedom is having the courage and ability to leave behind anyone and anything you dislike. You have never lost your freedom; you were born free. If you feel unfree, it is because you have freely chosen unfreedom. If you feel lonely when alone, it means you have not yet become your own friend. Despair is not giving up; it is awakening. Hope must be created by oneself. Constant self-restraint is actually foolish; it is a pointless consumption of oneself. People are free; cowards make themselves cowards, and heroes make themselves heroes.