He understood well enough how a man with a choice between pride and responsibility will almost always choose pride--if responsibility robs him of his manhood.

Stephen King

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Receive wealth or prosperity without arrogance; and be ready to let it go.

Marcus Aurelius

One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

William Shakespeare

Envy suggests inferiority.

Wayne Gerard Trotman

Ego is about who's right. Truth is about what's right.

Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment.

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