“Here we come upon the old, old craze of the world, which has not yet learned to do without clericalism--that to live and work *for an idea*is man's calling, and according to the faithfulness its fulfilment his *human worth* is measured” LifeSelfWorkEgoIdeologyLabourWorthMax StirnerHuman Worth Book:The Ego and Its Own Source: The Ego and Its Own
“God cares only for what is his, busies himself with only himself, thinks only of himself, and has only himself before his eyes...He serves no higher person, and satisfies only himself. His cause is--A purely egoistic cause.” GodEgoEgoismMax Stirner Author:Max Stirner
“If i cherish you because I hold you dear, because in you my heart finds nourishment, my need satisfaction, then it is not done for the sake of a higher essence whose hallowed body you are, not on account of my beholding in you a ghost, an appearing spirit, but from egoistic pleasure; you yourself with *your* essence are valuable to me.” PeopleLoveEgoEssenceValueMax Stirner Book:The Ego and Its Own Source: The Ego and Its Own
“Liberate yourself as far as you can, and you have done your part; for it is not given to every one to break through all limits,or,more expressively, not to every one is that a limit which is a limit for the rest. Consequently,do not tire yourself with toiling at the limits of others...He who overturns one of his limits may have shown others the way and the means; the overturning of their limits remains their affair.” SelfFreedomEgoLiberationFreedom Of ThoughtMax StirnerBreaking ChainsMental Restriction Book:The Ego and Its Own Source: The Ego and Its Own
“But who is this self that is to be renounced and to have no benefit? It seems that *you* yourself are supposed to be it. And for whose benefit is unselfish self-renunciation recommended to you? Again, for *your* benefit and behoof, only through that unselfishness you are procuring your "true benefit." You are to benefit *yourself*, and yet you are not to seek *your* benefit” SelfEgoBenefitMax StirnerSpooks Book:The Ego and Its Own Source: The Ego and Its Own
“Our whole education system is calculated to produce *feelings* in us, impart them to us, instead of leaving their production to ourselves however they may turn out...Thus stuffed with imparted feelings, we appear before the bar of majority and are 'pronounced of age." Our equipment consists of "elevating feelings, lofty thoughts, inspiring maxims,eternal principles.” SelfGovernmentEducationYouthEgoEnlightenmentThoughtSystemsMax StirnerAge Of MajoritySystematic Education Book:The Ego and Its Own Source: The Ego and Its Own
