Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
-Rumi "Jalaluddin Rumi"
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
You are the centre of that world. That is the world you live in. Now how will you change the world? By changing yourself.
Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child; this whole world is your own.
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.
Come behold this world, which is like unto an ornamented royal chariot, wherein fools flounder, but for the wise there is no attachment.
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.