And yet in our world everybody thinks of changing humanity, and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian novelist and moral philosopher
Pamphlets, “Some Social Remedies,” “Three Methods of Reform” [tr. Free Age Press (1900)]
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More common variant: "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."

 
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