“Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.”

“The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.”

“Without effective protection of the citizens' right to property, it will be difficult to attract and accumulate valuable capital.”

“Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.”

“If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land.”

“Do not shut up the young people against their will in a pew, and force the children to ask them questions for an hour against their will.”

“My method is conversion, not coercion, it is self-suffering, not the suffering of the tyrant. I know that method to be infallible.”

“Coercion cannot but result in chaos in the end.”