“Remember that the goal is to improve reality. Never forget your purpose. Human brains are fickle things that easily forget what it is that they’re trying to do. Purpose is like water; very hard to hold on to over time. This is an important point that is hard to grasp until you notice how many of your seemingly altruistic acts are optimised for something other than actually helping others (e.g. they are optimised instead for impressing others, letting yourself feel like you’re a certain type of person, etc.). As C.J. Cherryh aptly said, “Your sword has no blade. It has only your intention. When that goes astray you have no weapon.””

— Timo Timo