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“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”

Life Self Work Ego Ideology Labour Worth Max Stirner Human 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.”

God Ego Egoism Max 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.”

People Love Ego Essence Value Max 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.”

Self Freedom Ego Liberation Freedom Of Thought Max Stirner Breaking Chains Mental 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”

Self Ego Benefit Max Stirner Spooks

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.”

Self Government Education Youth Ego Enlightenment Thought Systems Max Stirner Age Of Majority Systematic Education

Book:The Ego and Its Own

Source: The Ego and Its Own

“[M]an has as much liberty as he is willing to take.”

Liberty Anarchism Max Stirner Emma Goldman

Book:Anarchism and Other Essays

Source: Anarchism and Other Essays

“It is possible I can make very little of myself; but this little is everything, and better than what I allow to be made out of me by the might of others, by the training of custom, religion, the laws, the State.”

Government Religion Freedom State Self Actualization Max Stirner

Book:The Ego and Its Own

Source: The Ego and Its Own