"What's the best part of being a telepath?" "Sometimes people think nasty, prejudiced things-" "That's the best part?" "No, the best part is that many will realise when a thought was horrible, and correct themselves." "And that's the best part?" "Yes. People try to be better."

“The first though that goes through your mind is what you have been conditioned to think. What you think next defines who you are”

The last line is where the SF/F comes in