11 Quotes That Will Radically Change the Way You See the World

These quotes are rare to find

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There’s something profound about quotes. They compress the deepest lessons into bite-sized chunks, giving us the clarity to shift our mindset. Here are 11 rare quotes that will radically change how you see the world:

1. “To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at people and institutions, to compensate for the shortage of love in the world with more love in small, private matters; to be more faithful in our work, to show greater patience, to forgo the cheap revenge obtainable from mockery and criticism: all these are things we can do.” — Hermann Hesse
2. “All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.” — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe.
3. “Sympathy’s easy. You have sympathy for starving children swatting at flies on the late-night commercials. Sympathy is easy because it comes from a position of power. Empathy is getting down on your knees and looking someone else in the eye and realizing you could be them, and that all that separates you is luck.” — Dennis Lehane.
4. “I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the…