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If the ego can outwit his aspirations by leading him to false teachers or by deceiving him with glib sophisms or by carrying him into extravagant emotions, it will use circumstances or interpret situations so that it can do so.
-- Notebooks Category 8: The Ego > Chapter 4 : Detaching from The Ego (Part I) > # 323