Source: Water Street (2006), Prologue, p. 3; spoken by an unknown woman
“If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.”
“One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.”
UN speech, June 2013
Context: So let us wage a glorious struggle against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism, let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world. Education is the only solution.
“Let the world change you and you can change the world”
Source: The End of Nature (1989), p. 7
“If you can change people's minds — you can change the world.”
“Change your thoughts and you can change the world.”
As quoted in Back on Track : How to Straighten Out Your Life When It Throws You a Curve (1997) by Deborah Norville, p. 201
Variant: Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Variant: The world will try to change you into someone else. Don't let them. That's the best advice anyone can give you.
Source: The Warrior Heir
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