Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- View the world as a place for your moral development, but do not assume you can fix the world itself.
- In plain terms
- Use the world to improve yourself, not try to fix the world.
- What can you take from it?
- Focus on self-development rather than changing the world.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is your role in the world?
- How do you improve yourself?
Another view
This view might discourage collective action to improve society.
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