The sick in soul insist that it is humanity that is sick, and they are the surgeons to operate on it. They want to turn the world into a sickroom. And once they get humanity strapped to the operating table, they operate on it with an ax.

Eric Hoffer (1902–1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman

Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 104 (1955)
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