Without a revolution of the inner life, however slow, all our big desi…

Ian Mcewan
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Without a revolution of the inner life, however slow, all our big designs are worthless. The work we have to do is with ourselves if we're ever going to be at peace with each other...the good that flows from it will shape our societies in an unprogrammed, unforeseen way, under the control of no single group of people or set of ideas. ✨ Black Dogs. Book by Ian McEwan, December 29, 1998.
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