“The power of being a student is not just that it is an extended period of instruction, **it also places the ego and ambition in someone else’s hands**. There is a sort of ego ceiling imposed—one knows that he is not better than the “master” he apprentices under. ([Location 565](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01AWUTMB0&location=565))” --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[ego]], [[humility]], [[training]], **Source** -- [[202409161103 - B - Ego is the Enemy]]