The requisites of government are that there be sufficiency of food, sufficiency of military equipment, and the confidence of the people in their ruler.

Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.

Even four harnessed horses cannot bring imprudent words back into the mouth.

The most beautiful sight in the world is a little child going confidently down the road of life after you have shown him the way.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

A man without a mustache is a man without a soul.

When the perfect order prevails, the world is like a home shared by all. Leaders are capable and virtuous. Everyone loves and respects their own parents and children as well as the parents and children of others. The old are cared for, adults have jobs, children are nourished and educated. There is a means of support for all those who are disabled or find themselves alone in the world. Everyone has an appropriate role to play in the family and society. Devotion to public duty leaves no place for idleness. Scheming for ill gain is unknown. Sharing displaces selfishness and materialism.