Carolina Quotes"There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. Your own self," he repeated. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you've worked on your own corner.
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Ch. 7
- work
- Time Must Have a Stop (1944)
- year
- 1944
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“"There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain …” Aldous Huxley. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-C61E855BA6. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/c61e855ba6
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