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“The challenge of abating one with a genuine ego problem is to not try to put him down. Any and all antagonization, in his mind, is merely compensated for by his own descriptions: his feelings of persecution by the envious and his ideals of worth. Arguably, the genuine ego is more of a circumstantial defense mechanism rather than a steady arrogance in need of starvation.”

Source: Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality

“However we may flatter ourselves to the contrary, our friends think no higher of us than the world do. They see us through the jaundiced or distrustful eyes of others. They may know better, but their feelings are governed by popular prejudice. Nay, they are more shy of us (when under a cloud) than even strangers; for we involve them in a common disgrace, or compel them to embroil themselves in continual quarrels and disputes in our defense.”

Thinking Knows World May Feelings Eye Common Higher Prejudice Clouds Stranger Defense Contrary Shy Disputes Quarrels Disgrace

Book:Liber Amoris and Related Writings

Source: Liber Amoris and Related Writings

“The white population could not possibly be unaffected by those events - some whites more stubborn in their defense of segregation, but others beginning to think in different ways. And the black population was transformed, having risen up in mass action for the first time, feeling its power, knowing now that if the old order could be shaken it could be toppled.”

Ifs Thinking Way Firsts Different Feelings Action Order Black White Knowing Events Mass First Time Population Defense Different Ways Transformed Stubborn Segregation Risen

Author:Howard Zinn

“Trust allows you to follow your feelings through your defenses to their sources, and to bring to the light of consciousness those aspects of yourself that resist wholeness, that live in fear.”

Inspirational Feelings Light Consciousness Source Aspect Defense Wholeness

Author:Gary Zukav

“It is not change that causes anxiety; it is the feeling that we are without defenses in the presence of what we see as danger that causes anxiety.”

Feelings Causes Danger Anxiety Defense

Book:Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization

Source: Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization

“The best defense against being hurt is to feel good about yourself and the way a person responds to you says more about them, than about you.”

Way Feels Persons Feelings Hurt Defense Feel Good About Yourself Being Hurt

Author:Brenda Shoshanna