Listen when someone is speaking, not to the words, but to what is talking — it is often pride, malice, or ignorance…
— Joseph Campbell
… For example, when someone tells us we are selfish, it is often because we are not doing what they want us to do. As we restrict our options, we restrict our world view and, with sufficient restriction, we can become the ‘world’s policeman,’ who jealously guards to see that others do not break out of the box that he has built for himslef.”