"All ideologies are just an excuse, which serves as a way for those spiritual people who are not needed to try to prove their right to exist. You see, according to the laws of Europe, my task now would be to demonstrate as a night watchman, or as a street sweeper, or as an Australian sheep shearer in support of some ideology and proclaim with a martyr's fate that the things of humanity are going badly because I, the Nobel Prize-winning university professor I shear sheep and sweep the streets instead of leading mankind. No, sir, that would be a lie. And I would rather betray the Europe that brought me up on this lie. Humanity has no need for me as a spiritual person. He produced too much. He needs an innkeeper to serve those who want to relax on Sundays.
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All ideologies are just an excuse, which serves as a way for those spiritual people who are not needed to try to prove their right to exist. You see, according to the laws of Europe, my task now would be to demonstrate as a night watchman, or as a street sweeper, or as an Australian sheep shearer in support of some ideology and proclaim with a martyr's fate that the things of humanity are going badly because I, the Nobel Prize-winning university professor I shear sheep and sweep the streets instead of leading mankind. No, sir, that would be a lie. And I would rather betray the Europe that brought me up on this lie. Humanity has no need for me as a spiritual person. He produced too much. He needs an innkeeper to serve those who want to relax on Sundays.
""Minden ideológia csupán egy ürügy, mely arra szolgál, hogy azok a szellemi emberek, akikre nincsen szükség, megpróbálják létjogosultságukat bebizonyítani. Látja, Európa törvényei szerint nekem most az lenne a feladatom, hogy mint éjjeliőr, vagy mint utcaseprő, vagy mint ausztráliai birkanyíró tüntessek valamely ideológia mellett, és mártírsorssal hirdessem, hogy azért megy rosszul az emberiség dolga, mert én, a Nobel-díjas egyetemi tanár birkát nyírok és utcát seprek, ahelyett, hogy az emberiséget vezessem. Hát nem, uram, ez hazugság lenne. És én inkább elárulom azt az Európát, mely erre a hazugságra fölnevelt. Nincs az emberiségnek semmi szüksége reám, mint szellemi emberre. Túlontúl sokat termelt. Vendéglősre van szüksége, aki vasárnaponként a pihenni akarókat kiszolgálja."