Inner Reform Quotes

We have no right to come forward and urge wider changes for good, until we have tried to alter the evils which lie under our own hands.

My austerities, fasting and prayers are, I know, of no value if I rely upon them for reforming me. My penance is the prayer of a bleeding heart for forgiveness for sins unwittingly committed.

Are you appalled at existing conditions? Don't waste your energy trying to change conditions from without! Change the Human Heart from within.

Preach in your own house and to your own company

There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.

Reform must come from within and not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue.

Self-reform is the only kind that works.