Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Put effort into improving things and do not tolerate wrongs you have the power to fix.
- In plain terms
- Try to fix bad things instead of accepting them.
- What can you take from it?
- Take action against problems you can solve.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What evil can you change today?
- Where are you accepting too much?
Another view
Not every evil is within individual control to change.
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