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The fullest enjoyment comes from reducing the ego to zero, not extending it
Drawn from what G. K. Chesterton said
What G. K. Chesterton actually said
- G. K. Chesterton English writer and Christian apologist (1874 to 1936)
Now, the psychological discovery is merely this, that whereas it had been supposed that the fullest possible enjoyment is to be found by extending our ego to infinity, the truth is that the fullest possible enjoyment is to be found by reducing our ego to zero.
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