Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"You can't replace reading with other sources of information like videos, because you need to read in order to write well, and you need to write in order to think well." - Paul Graham
"One of the mysteries of the ages is why the political left has, for centuries, lavished so much attention on the well-being of criminals and paid so little attention to their victims." - Thomas Sowell
"I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me." - Frank Costello The Departed
"You can't explain to stupid people that they're stupid. Because they're stupid." - Ed Latimore