12 Commandments Quotes

“Remain aware that the problems you see in society are, perhaps more often than not, not actually about big issues out there in the world, but about yourself and issues you may be experiencing in your own personal life. Please exhaust the possibility that the latter is the case before you go on any big crusades to change the world. After all, not only will you likely cause harm if you try to change everyone else just because of your own issues, but it’s also much easier to change one person—yourself—than to change the entire world, so you’ll have much better chances of getting the results you want. Changing yourself is difficult enough, but to change the world is all but impossible. Maybe your moral outrage is just a means for you to unconsciously switch a possible but difficult mission (take responsibility for yourself) for an impossible one where you can always divert responsibility (change world history!). In such cases, you’d do yourself and everyone else a huge favor by focusing on working on the real issue: yourself.”
― Hanzi Freinacht, 12 Commandments: For Extraordinary People To Master Ordinary Life