9 Life-Altering Quotes That Are All One Sentence Long
Albert Einstein once said: “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
That’s one of the reasons why I love quotes. They distill wisdom into bite-sized chunks. They take complex topics and make them easy to digest. They use few words but leave a big impact.
Here are nine that have changed my life.
1. “When you’re good to others, you’re best to yourself” — Benjamin Franklin
It took me a long time to realise that how I treat others is a reflection of how I treat myself. And when I’m kind, generous, and loving to someone else, it’s a gift to me as much as it is to them.
The older I get, the more I want to love and appreciate myself. A big part of that is loving and appreciating others.
“If you want to become a master of love, you’ll have to practice love” — Don Miguel Ruiz
2. “The quieter you become, the more you can hear” — Ram Dass
I grew up in a loud world where everyone was competing for airtime. Initially, I tried to project my voice and be heard like everybody else. But that wasn’t really my style. So I often felt unheard, unseen, and misunderstood.
