“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”

“If I understand Change, I shall make no great mistake in Life”

“To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.”

“The demands that good people make are upon themselves;Those that bad people make are upon others.”

“Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.”

“If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.”

“There are some with whom we may study in common, but we shall find them unable to go along with us to principles. Perhaps we may go on with them to principles, but we shall find them unable to get established in those along with us. Or if we may get so established along with them, we shall find them unable to weigh occurring events along with us.”