# Quote — Olaf Stapledon, Star Maker

> The precept, “Love thy neighbor as thyself,” breeds in us most often the disposition to see one’s neighbor merely as a poor imitation of oneself, and to hate him if he proves different.

- Author: [Olaf Stapledon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/olaf-stapledon.md)
- Book: [Star Maker](https://www.leafyquotes.com/olaf-stapledon/star-maker.md)
- Page: 61
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/olaf-stapledon/star-maker/the-precept-love

## More from this book

> Thus, little by little, it came about, as so often before, that the Star Maker outgrew his creature. Increasingly he frowned upon the loveliness that he still cherished. Then, seemingly with a conflict of reverence and impatience, he set our cosmos in its place among his other works.

p. 179 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/olaf-stapledon/star-maker/thus-little-by-little.md)

> It seemed that he gazed down on me from the height of his divinity with the aloof though passionate attention of an artist judging his finished work; calmly rejoicing in his achievement, but recognizing at last the irrevocable flaws in his initial conception, and already lusting for fresh creation.

p. 164 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/olaf-stapledon/star-maker/it-seemed-that.md)

> As I contemplated the host of deities that rose to me like a smoke cloud from the many worlds, a new image, a new symbol of the infinite spirit, took shape in my mind. Though born of my own cosmical imagination, it was begotten by a greater than I.

p. 161 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/olaf-stapledon/star-maker/as-i-contemplated.md)