“The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.” – H.P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu

-photo by John M. Humphrey

Our proclivity as human beings to judge one another so quickly, and with minimal consideration, is disheartening to say the least. Sometimes it’s driven by malice, jealousy or even fear. But I think for the most part, it’s driven by ego. Judging others is a sad “prop” to make many people feel better about themselves. It’s the “I have my faults but at least I’m better than them” crutch.

“So much the worse for those who fear wine, for it is because they have bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts…The wicked are great drinkers of water; As the flood proved once for all.” – Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo