548 – “There can be only one permanent revolution — a moral one; the regeneration of the inner man. How is this revolution to take place? Nobody knows how it will take place in humanity, but every man feels it clearly in himself. And yet in our world everybody thinks of changing humanity, and nobody thinks of changing himself.”

–Leo Tolstoy

Quote Number:  525

Source: Tolstoy, Leo. “Three Methods Of Reform” in Letter to Friends on the Personal Christian Life. Aylmer Maude, Translator. The Free Age Press: Maldon, Essex. 1900. Pg 29 (256). Online Here.

Source Notes: The exact details of the source may not be correct, as this appears to e a composite work from multiple Tolstoy texts.

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