December 10, 2009
- William Segal: on the ego and on stillness -
“I’m not certain I understand the whole question of ego and egoism. I think it is necessary for life and I think none of us are immune to it. From the moment we are born, it is cultivated within us and it has its place. I’ve ceased to think about the ego. It’s there. It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t make any difference. It’s not “It” anyway. So I don’t bother myself about it. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t a big obstacle, and a big help at the same time to getting what you want. Ego drives one, of course, and on the other hand, the ego blocks one. I’m so close to the end of my life, I’m just concerned with the necessary.”
- From “A Voice At The Borders of Silence”
”When one is still and listens, one begins to be in touch with a mysterious element that is within each of us, which can transform and shape us and can help to transform the world,”
- From his NY Times obituary
