Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. —Jalal ad-Din Rumi
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

Jalal ad-Din Rumi Persian poet, mystic

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Kimberly Chin DECEMBER 12, 2023
More inspiring positive quotes
Marleta from Sacramento California  MARCH 30, 2022
This is so true I feel wiser but still learning
Bhutta Arshad from Lahore - Pakistan AUGUST 12, 2013
Drawing such a fine and thin line between cleverness and wisdom ............... what a clever use of wisdom.

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