I don't believe in the landscape.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker rejects the external reality around them.
- In plain terms
- I do not believe in the world around me.
- What can you take from it?
- Distrust the external world to maintain inner conviction.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why don't you believe in the landscape?
- What do you believe in instead?
Another view
This view may lead to isolation.
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