Ryan Holiday Quote
What we don’t protect ourselves against are people and things that make us feel good—or rather, too good. We must prepare for pride and kill it early—or it will kill what we aspire to. We must be on guard against that wild self-confidence and self-obsession. The first product of self-knowledge is humility, Flannery O’Connor once said. This is how we fight the ego, by really knowing ourselves. The
Ryan Holiday
What we don’t protect ourselves against are people and things that make us feel good—or rather, too good. We must prepare for pride and kill it early—or it will kill what we aspire to. We must be on guard against that wild self-confidence and self-obsession. The first product of self-knowledge is humility, Flannery O’Connor once said. This is how we fight the ego, by really knowing ourselves. The
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