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"The ego survives only in conflict. Peace is the death of the ego."
"Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!"
"They trespassed upon my thoughts. They were intruders whose knowledge of life was to me an irritating pretense, because I felt so sure they could not possibly know the things I knew. Their bearing, which was simply the bearing of commonplace individuals going about their business in the assurance of perfect safety, was offensive to me like the outrageous flauntings of folly in the face of a danger it is unable to comprehend. I had no particular desire to enlighten them, but I had some difficulty in restraining myself from laughing in their faces, so full of stupid importance."
"Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it."
Ego,
"Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it."
Ego,
"Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it."
Ego,
"My ego is controlled enough that I don't have to be the focus."
Explore more quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville
"Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude."
"The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults."
"The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction."
"Grant me thirty years of equal division of inheritances and a free press, and I will provide you with a republic."
"Society was cut in two: those who had nothing united in common envy, those who had anything united in common terror."
"What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class."
"The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing."
"Patriotism is in itself a kind of religion: it does not reason, but it acts from the impulse of faith and sentiment."
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