“Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.”
“At night, when I am alone, I call for you, and whenever my ache seems to be the greatest, you still seem to find a way to return to me.”
“The fact that both ego and self say "I" is a source of confusion and misidentification. The well-informed ego says truly, "I am what I know myself to be." The self says merely, "I am.”
“Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?”
“This was, I decided, my purpose as a dog, to comfort the boy whenever he needed me.”
“As if I were a dog, to follow at your heels.”