Vanity. It’s the Devil’s favourite sin.

How depressing that people who fluctuate between self-aggrandizement and narcissism still have such a disproportionate influence on the world.

What a dark joke that innocent men, women and children, are dying in large part due to someone’s ego, fear, and hurt feelings. Putin and his supporters may attempt to rationalise their reasons for going to war, but this is what it boils down to. Emotional behaviour.