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Any direct frontal attack upon the ego as it shows itself openly involves the use of the ego itself. It may succeed in vanquishing some faults, but it cannot succeed in vanquishing that which is behind all faults--egoism. Only surrender of the will and the mind can be effectual in doing so.

-- Notebooks Category 8: The Ego > Chapter 4 : Detaching from The Ego (Part I) > # 206