“Our ego is a monster that loves to sit at the head of the table, and I have learned that my ego is just as rude and loud and hungry as everyone else's. It doesn't matter how much you get; you are left wanting more.” MatterLeftEgoTablesMonstersHungryLoudI Have LearnedRudeWanting More Book:Yes Please Source: Yes Please
“With the abolition of otium and of the ego no aloof thinking is left. ... Without otium philosophical thought is impossible, cannot be conceived or understood.” ThinkingLeftImpossibleEgoUnderstoodPhilosophicalAbolitionAloof Book:Zeitschrift Fur Sozialforschung Source: Zeitschrift Fur Sozialforschung
“People used to complain about 'the idle rich.' But the idle rich did not do the kind of harm being done by today's busybody rich, who feed their own egos by bankrolling political crusades on the left which hurt the very people that the left claims to care about -- working people, minorities, and children.” PeopleKindChildrenDoneCareTodayPoliticalUsedLeftHurtRichEgoClaimsHarmComplainingMinoritiesIdleCrusadesBeing DoneBusybodies Author:Thomas Sowell