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We are always boosting or trying to prop up the ego by fulfilling some desire or other, and always craving affirmation from the outside.

Pankaj Mishra
Ego, Desire, Trying
"'The Buddha' & the End of Human Suffering/Pankaj Mishra in Kathmandu, Nepal". Interview with Felix Holmgren, www.livefromplanetearth.org. 2008.
We are always boosting or trying to prop up the ego by fulfilling some desire or other, and always craving affirmation from the outside.