11/5/10

tolstoy

"everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."

i read this quote by leo tolstoy in my psychology class and i just felt the need to share it on the blog because it got me thinking pretty good. leo tolstoy is a russian novelist during the 19th century who is considered one of the world's greatest novelist, virginia woolf couldn't agree more. hes written books such as "war and peace", and "anna karenina" which i truly feel should both be a must read in everyones lifetime

i never put up quotes on my blog, but heres the first. i feel that this quote really describes our current situation. the world is pretty fucked and little by little itll all probably go down the shit hole thanks to americas ego and greed to have anything we can lay our hands on. i see that people are starting to get pretty upset at obama lately for not moving his ass and making some big changes, but i support obama and it give him so much credit for even agreeing to be interviewed by the oh so wonderful john stewart which most likely was not very relieving. i agree with those who say they see no change like obama said there would be, but i also know that the man cant change this country over night and we need to be supporting him rather than putting him down, and stressin him out. im getting a little too into this but to sum it up, people need to maybe check up on themselves and try to improve first before they focus on other peoples business

1 comment:

  1. hey i love that quote, and the last paragraph sums up what i was just talking about with my mom. its greed and selfishness that's keeping America (and other places too, but it's really not as bad anywhere else) from moving forward and prospering as a country. we are so used to thinking about ourselves first that we've become blinded to the actuality of issues and its disabling us from HELPING ourselves out. Anyway, i feel like you would really like that show Real Time with Bill Maher. Unless you already watch it. its on HBO, HIGHLY recommended. one of my favorite shows.

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