I so love this quote Marcus. It's too easy to see ourselves as impotent, and so, why even try?

Good ripples from you and her Maria. “It may be that if I lead the life I’ve planned for myself it may affect others; the effect may be no greater than the ripple caused by a stone thrown in a pond, but one ripple causes another, and that one a third; it’s just possible that a few people will see that my way of life offers happiness and peace, and that they in their turn will teach what they have learned to others.” — the character Larry in Somerset Maugham’s masterpiece, The Razor’s Edge, which I read recently, an…
Good ripples from you and her Maria.
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Maria Rattray
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Feb 11, 2025
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I so love this quote Marcus. It's too easy to see ourselves as impotent, and so, why even try?
Th ripple effect is a perfect way of encouraging people to effect change.
Just found The Razor's Edge. Thank you.
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