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The ego will always seek, and find, ways to excuse itself. It will do anything else it can rather than honestly confess its own vileness or weakness or erroneousness. It will cling stubbornly to them rather than admit the need for a thorough change.
-- Notebooks Category 8: The Ego > Chapter 3 : Psyche > # 106