Quote by Robert Anton Wilson

Ego is a social fiction for which one person at a time gets all the blame.

Ego is a social fiction for which one person at a time gets

Summary

This quote suggests that the concept of ego, which refers to a person's sense of self-importance and individual identity, is a societal construct. It implies that society tends to attribute blame or scorn to individuals for displaying or prioritizing their ego. However, it highlights the idea that the concept of ego is not inherent to an individual, but rather a fabricated notion created by society. Ultimately, this viewpoint shifts the accountability onto society for constructing and perpetuating such blame.

Topics

By Robert Anton Wilson

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I think, my generation, it's hard to have hope when you got

I think, my generation, it's hard to have hope when you got a $700-trillion derivatives debt to pay and a bubble about to explode and $500 trillion worth of GDP.

Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for its

Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and to say for ourselves what shall be true for the future.

People often think of Christian morality as a kind of bargai

People often think of Christian morality as a kind of bargain in which God says, 'If you keep a lot of rules I'll reward you, and if you don't I'll do the other thing.' I do not think that is the best way of looking at it. I would much rather say that every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different from what it was before. And taking your life as a whole, with all your innumerable choices, all your life long you are slowly turning this central thing either into a creature that is in harmony with God, and with other creatures, and with itself, or else into one that is in a state of war and hatred with God, and with its fellow creatures, and with itself. To be the one kind of creature is heaven: that is, it is joy and peace and knowledge and power. To be the other means madness, horror, idiocy, rage, impotence, and eternal loneliness. Each of us at each moment is progressing to the one state or the other.

C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs,

Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.

Alphonse de Lamartine

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in you

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems and remember, no one can get the jump on the future.

The surest sign of age is loneliness.

The surest sign of age is loneliness.

Amos Bronson Alcott

I been doing music my whole life.

I been doing music my whole life.

I had to stop driving my car for a while...the tires got diz

I had to stop driving my car for a while...the tires got dizzy.

I literally have meetings at eight o'clock in the morning, a

I literally have meetings at eight o'clock in the morning, and I finish at nine o'clock at night. It sounds pathetic, but I don't even have time to go shopping.

Stella McCartney

I'm a simple man. All I want is enough sleep for two normal

I'm a simple man. All I want is enough sleep for two normal men, enough whiskey for three, and enough women for four.

I went to the Tokyo Film Festival in Japan because I love Ja

I went to the Tokyo Film Festival in Japan because I love Japanese cinema.

Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occur

Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occurred at my family's dinner table.