Wit & Attitude Quote by Sun Myung Moon

Self-mythology is doing a lot of work here. Moon frames his own legitimacy as a binary: either he is a nobody or he is so consequential that every person alive has a reason to bow. The question isn’t an invitation to doubt; it’s a staged performance of humility that smuggles in the conclusion. By voicing the insult first ("foolish and insignificant"), he vaccinates himself against critics, then pivots to the only alternative he wants on the table: greatness so total it demands ritual submission.

The phrasing "I gave all the individuals in the world cause" is telling. Moon doesn’t claim people naturally revere him; he claims he manufactured the moral grounds for reverence. That’s a theological power move: he’s not just a teacher, he’s the author of the conditions under which everyone else must relate to him. "Kneel down" isn’t metaphorical respect, it’s physical, hierarchical devotion - the body as proof of belief.

Context matters because Moon wasn’t merely a charismatic preacher; he built an international movement with a messianic self-conception, tight organizational discipline, and a sophisticated sense of spectacle (mass weddings, political outreach, media ownership). In that ecosystem, rhetoric like this functions as both litmus test and loyalty drill. If you flinch at the absolutism, you mark yourself as an outsider. If you accept it, you’re not just persuaded; you’re enlisted into a worldview where criticism becomes not disagreement, but failure to recognize destiny.