O my poor Ego! Uneasy indeed

It is to change you spontaneously!

You have been breed and trained

In propriety for a long time, and yet

Your servile and mean traits

Have not been taken from you, at all.

I may now speak openly to you. Listen,

When you meet one older than yourself

And do not show him respect,

You fail in propriety. When you see a man

Of superior wisdom and goodness

And do not honour him, you thus want

Unique characteristic of humanity.

If you do not possess your sincerity

In the highest degree, how can you

Make others submit to you? And if

Their submission to you is not true ,

Then they do not attain to the truth

Of their proper nature, and thus

Inflict a lasting harm on their selves.

Alas, there is no greater calamity to men

Than the want of sincerity; and you,

O my poor Ego, you alone, will take

Such want on yourself! Therefore,

Wherever you find it, you honour it,

Showing your submission and reverence.

This is the only method for you to survive.