Journey To The End Of The Night - pg. 59

But when one's weak, the thing that gives one strength is stripping those one fears of the slightest prestige that one may still tend to accord them. One must teach oneself to see them as they are, as worse than they are, that is; one should look at them from all points of view. This detaches you, sets you free and is much more of a protection than you can possibly imagine. It gives you another self, so that there are two of you together.
Their actions no longer have that foul mysterious power over you, weakening you and wasting your time, and their foolishness is no more pleasing to you or useful to your own intimate development than that of the lowest swine.