Textbook of Americanism http://laissez-fairerepublic.com/textbook.htm (1946).
“A disciple asked, "Who is a Master?"
The Master replied, "Anyone to whom it is given to let go of the ego. Such a person's life is then a masterpiece."”
Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 47
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“The ego is not master in its own house.”
A Difficulty in the Path of Psycho-Analysis (1917)
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Zen: Dawn in the West (Garden City, NY: Anchor Books, 1980), p. 83.
“There is only one person who is master in this Empire and I am not going to tolerate any other.”
Speech at Düsseldorf (4 May 1891), quoted in Michael Balfour, The Kaiser and His Times (London: Penguin, 1975), p. 157
1890s
Letter to A.N. Pleshcheev (October 25, 1888)
Letters
Tulsidas quoted in "Hindu spirituality: Postclassical and modern", p. 77