“Dismissing the incessant praise and attention endemic to such success, he wrote as a warning to his friend Grant, “**Be natural and yourself and this glittering flattery will be as the passing breeze of the sea on a warm summer day**.” ([Location 339](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01AWUTMB0&location=339))” --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[humility]], [[discipline]], [[self-control]], [[ego]], [[flattery]], [[mindfulness]] **Source** -- [[202409161103 - B - Ego is the Enemy]]