Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- People want better lives but fail to change themselves, leaving them stuck.
- In plain terms
- Men want to improve their lives but not themselves, so they stay the same.
- What can you take from it?
- External improvement requires internal self-improvement first.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are you working on changing yourself or just your surroundings?
Another view
Sometimes external circumstances change despite internal effort.
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