Poverty is evil, but there could be no poverty if there were no wealth. This does not mean that there is not evil, or that it is not real. It means that evil is not a positive, and exists only as a negation of the good, and, therefore, can never exceed good. It means that evil cannot exist on its own, but only where there is good. Anything that limits, diminishes, or threatens good is evil, and its embodiment in people, movements, teachings, acts, and governments are rightly called evil.
Values are the most important kind of knowledge.
All knowledge is important to correct choices, but without values, those essential principles by which the ultimate direction or purpose of our lives are determined, all other choices are irrelevant. By individualism we refer to the fact that knowledge, choice, consequences, and values pertain only to individuals . Minds exist one to an individual. Knowledge is gained only by individuals using their own minds to carry out the process of reason by which they understand and learn. Knowledge cannot be transferred from one mind to another.