Dostoevsky originated the idea of the Magnanimous Man. At the risk of attempting to intepret (as well as correctly remember) Crime and Punishment, I'd venture to say that the Magnanimous Man is something I might want to be. I always sort of liked the idea when I came across it originally in high school. Oops maybe it was Aristotle: "The magnanimous person thinks himself worthy of great things and is really worthy of them."

This is a twofold acheivement then- first, to be of the mind that I really am worthy of these great things; to truly believe that. Second, to actually put myself in a place as a person that I AM worthy of them. The only question is which to pursue first, or which do I need to pursue more? Well in private I might admit that a good part of me already knows I am worthy of these things. But getting myself to actually BE is quite something else altogether.

I could swear though that there was more to Dostoevsky's Magnanimous Man theory somewhere in Crime and Punishment but I can't seem to find it and I'm currently quite over it...