Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I mean everybody. No matter how dull and boring they are on the outside, inside them they've all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds. Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands maybe.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Every person contains vast inner complexity regardless of outward appearance.
- In plain terms
- Everyone has rich inner worlds nobody sees.
- What can you take from it?
- People are more complex than they appear.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What worlds live inside you?
- How well do you know others?
Another view
The claim is broad and not empirically verifiable.
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