Vanguardism: questions of quality vs. quantity in this life

"All vanguards of all groups, are considered mad by their own groups."
"Because you do have an impact, by virtue of existing, the bulk of ordinary people do not wish to know! Run-of-the mill bulk of normal people wish to live their own life, in their own way, and they only turn to a vanguard when they think there's no other hope. And so i personally think the mindset of the Vanguard is our way out of the dilemma in which we face...."
"People have faced worse traumas than we now face."