Weak Egos must be flattered by derision of others.
"For Every Man A Reason"
Patrick Wilkins
The Colony Egos of army and leaf-cutters may quite reasonably be classified according to Kingdom.
"Edge of the Jungle"
William Beebe
There are certain great principles according to which our system is built; there are certain laws by which these principles are worked out in detail; there are certain Beings who embody the principles and whose activities are the laws; there are hosts of inferior beings who act as vehicles for these activities, as agents, as instruments; there are the Egos of men intermingled with all these, performing their share of the great kosmic drama.
"Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries"
Annie Besant