I'm not a hater...it seems that 'they' do their best to make me such...

In a burning world, this old song by Roy Harper seems to be so modern...

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
Albert Camus

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

* Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 146