Excerpt from Studies in Character

We are all better not worse than we picture ourselves to be. Self-depreciation is often mistaken for humility, while on the other hand self-exaggeration frequently usurps the throne of genuine self-knowledge. True character, and the knowledge thereof, invariably lies within the intermediate space between the extremes of human estimate of individual worth. Above the person, frail, imperfect and human, towers the noble individual whose Ego is the Deity, whose abiding place is perfection, and whose destiny is immortal dominion over the lesser creations of infinite Mind. Honesty to one's self is as important as to ones fellow men. Dignified and sincere self-confidence, if built upon a foundation of spiritual strength and demonstrable ability, is not egotism but symmetrical individualism.

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