' Restrictions upon the ego '...

This is the final vindication of the practical truth that you must deal with human nature as it is, not as you would like it to be or as you imagine it to be.

The man of today lives, moves, and has his being in his personal ego and will continue to do so until he has learned, grasped, thoroughly understood, and completely realized the truth of the illusiveness of the individual self.

Until that happy day arrives, it is far wiser to take a human being as he is and simply to place checks and restrictions upon his egoism.



-- Notebooks Category 13: Human Experience >
Chapter 2: Living in The World > # 410
Paul Brunton