[C]hange your thinking, your interpretation of he world, change the way you see! To change the way you see is to change the world. (50)

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The world does not change for people who simply sit on the sidelines. The world changes for those who are willing to work for it. Some people want to change all of the world with their ideas, but the only way they can do that is by changing their own mindsets. They need to interpret the world in a new way or they will never see anything differently than they do now. They will be stuck in their old ways, unable to see how things used to be, and unable to see how things could be different.

Source: Compassion And Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic Between Buddhism And Christianity

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