Ultimately

Ultimately there’s only two choices in life: to become a monster of egotism or a saint, and there’s nothing in between. Well, you might say there’s lots in between and that’s where most of us are, in between - but that doesn’t really count for anything. That might sound surprising - the in between where nearly everyone is doesn’t really count, and it’s only either side of it where very few are is all that counts. In between doesn’t count because it isn’t pushing anything towards its conclusion. Sainthood or diabolism however are pushing things towards conclusions, and so it’s here that things are worked out, finalised. Truths are arrived at whereas in between there’s just wandering about, a few steps here and a few steps back the other way. But if you continue along these steps without turning back, you see where you come to.