How we cite our quotes: (Volume.Chapter.Paragraph.)
Quote #7
"Only when you can feel contempt for you own priceless little ego, only then can you achieve that true, broad peace of selflessness, the merging of you spirit with the vast collective spirit of mankind." (2.9.38)
Toohey gets a bit redundant and repetitive when talking about individualism and how terrible it is. Here, he tells his hapless niece Katie to abandon her ego and "merge" with the "collective," meaning the crowd or mob.