My first wish is to be simple in my actions, truthful in my speech, honest in my opinions, and natural in my behavior. In other words, I want to be clean in mind, heart, and body.

We have to dissolve all the denominations in order to form from them the greater denomination of the homeland.

I renounce falsehood, whatsoever be the guise it assumes, and I embrace truth, wheresoever I find it.

The will is the spirit of perseverance, and perseverance holds clear success.

My American walking shoes are new, and my Oriental eyes are old.

Had courage, wisdom, and reason always prevailed in people, there would not have been oppressions and oppressors.

When we go deep enough or high enough, we meet. It is only on the surface that we differ and sometimes clash. True, we do not always find our way to the depth or the height, or we do not take the trouble to do so.