John Bradshaw, educator, counselor, motivational speaker, author

"Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight." -- John Bradshaw

Taking “ego” to mean self-centeredness or self-concern, I would agree that Bradshaw identifies what should be, but I fear that these days the reality for many is quite the opposite. Our modern culture more and more promotes the ideal of autonomous individualism, the tyranny of the self. Ego becomes all there is.