You can have all ego, or all non-ego, but in theory you cannot have half one and half the other — yet in practice this is exactly what you must have, for everything is both itself and not itself at one and the same time.


Ego and Non-Ego - The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912) - Part XX - First Principles

Samuel Butler Quotes

You can have all ego, or all non-ego, but in theory you cannot have half one and half the other — yet in practice this is exactly what you must...

You can have all ego, or all non-ego, but in theory you cannot have half one and half the other — yet in practice this is exactly what you must...

You can have all ego, or all non-ego, but in theory you cannot have half one and half the other — yet in practice this is exactly what you must...

You can have all ego, or all non-ego, but in theory you cannot have half one and half the other — yet in practice this is exactly what you must...