Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters is that the miraculous become the norm.

Employ oneself upon trifling professional matters which others could do.

They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs.

... It is not possible, says Weber, to confer the objective validity of facts on the basis of a value-judgement; and second, it is not possible to judge the value of values through the use of scientific reason. This leads him to maintain a distinction between science and ethics, the former dealing with questions of fact, the latter with questions of value.