— Leo Tolstoy
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Leo Tolstoy455
Russian writer 1828 - 1910
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to take place? Nobody knows how it will take place in humanity, but every man feels it clearly in himself. And yet in our world everybody thinks of changing humanity, and nobody thinks of changing himself.“
As quoted in The Artist's Way at Work : Riding the Dragon (1999) by Mark A. Bryan with Julia Cameron and Catherine A. Allen, p. 160
Variant: Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Source: Man's Search for Meaning
„One change of attitude would change everything. If everyone realized that it could be a beautiful world and said let's not do these things anymore — let's have fun.“
— David Lynch American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor 1946
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„Gordon Brown thinks you should solve climate change by changing your lightbulbs. We think you should solve climate change by changing your Government.“
— Siân Berry British politician 1974
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„I don't think you change Washington from the inside. I think you change it from the outside.“
— Mitt Romney American businessman and politician 1947
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„You suffer from the oldest delusion in politics. You think you can change the world by talking to a leader. Leaders are the effects, not the causes of changes.“
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„People resent change, I think in some ways, but they forget that they've changed too. I think most of us changed for the better rather than the worst.“
— Dusty Springfield English singer and record producer 1939 - 1999
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„If you don't like something, change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.“
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