Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we first met, a prejudiced, narrow-minded being, with contracted sympathies and false knowledge, wasting my life on obsolete trifles, and utterly insensible to the privilege of living in this wondrous age of change and progress.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Meeting someone changed the speaker from a narrow person into someone who appreciates progress.
- In plain terms
- You helped me become less biased and more open to the world.
- What can you take from it?
- Great conversations can transform your worldview.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who changed you for the better?
- How do you know you have grown?
Another view
Sometimes change feels forced or unwanted by the recipient.
More from Benjamin Disraeli
'My idea of an agreeable person,' said Hugo Bohun, 'is a person who agrees with me.'
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