Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child; this whole world is your own.
If we cannot envision the world we would like to live in, we cannot work towards its creation. If we cannot place ourselves in it in our imagination, we will not believe it is possible.
Yesterday I was clever that is why I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise that is why I am changing myself.
You and the world should stop thinking of changing each other. Just allow a third person to do the needful. You know who I mean: God, the only Doer.
If you want to leave the world better than you found it, then use your heart of compassion and your life of concern.
Come behold this world, which is like unto an ornamented royal chariot, wherein fools flounder, but for the wise there in no attachment.
