The great ones do not set up offices, charge fees, give lectures, or write books.
Wisdom is silent, and the most effective propaganda for truth is the force of personal example.
The great ones attract disciples, lesser figures whose mission is to preach and to teach.
These are gospelers who, unequal to the highest task, spend their lives in converting others. The great ones are indifferent, in the profoundest sense.
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