Ego Is the Enemy

by Ryan Holiday

The orator Demosthenes once said that virtue begins with understanding and is fulfilled by courage.

The ego we see most commonly goes by a more casual definition: an unhealthy belief in our own importance.

we’re aspiring until we succeed, we succeed until we fail or until we aspire to more, and after we fail we can begin to aspire or succeed again.

The pretense of knowledge is our most dangerous vice, because it prevents us from getting any better. Studious self-assessment is the antidote.

Huge quote.

Passion is form over function. Purpose is function, function, function.

In the end, the only way you can appreciate your progress is to stand on the edge of the hole you dug for yourself, look down inside it, and smile fondly at the bloody claw prints that marked your journey up the walls.

He who will do anything to avoid failure will almost certainly do something worthy of a failure.

“See much, study much, suffer much, that is the path to wisdom.”