Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

Lao Tzu

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Ego is false confidence, self-respect is true confidence.

There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.

The best way to get approval is not to need it.

He that is proud eats up himself: pride is his own glass, his own trumpet, his own chronicle.

William Shakespeare

I think the hard thing here is seeing the truth. To see the truth, you have to get your ego out of the way because your ego doesn't want to face the truth.

Your ego is your self-image created by thought. It's your social mask requiring validation because it lives in fear of losing its sense of identity.

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