"It's good for you to be."
"Why is it?"
"Because you so seldom knew you were. You spent your time trying to
frighten other people--instead of knowing."
"Not frighten. Impress, maybe--"
"Another word for the same dirty deed: convince them of your inherent
and cultivated superiority. Whenever people achieve that--they also
convince others of their relative inferiority. And when that conviction
comes from a false estimate of the situation--believe me, it's
upsetting. Frightening is the realer word."
"Which implies that I'm not superior to anybody in any way."
"Check."