Shihonage is the foundation of Aikido. All you ever need to master is shihonage.

Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.

Life itself is always a trial. In training, you must test and polish yourself in order to face the great challenges of life.

True victory does not come from defeating an enemy, true victory comes from giving love and changing an enemies heart.

A warrior's mission is to foster the success of others.

There are no contests in the Art of Peace. A true warrior is invincible because he or she contests with nothing. Defeat means to defeat the mind of contention that we harbor within.

Economy is the basis of society. When the economy is stable, society develops. The ideal economy combines the spiritual and the material, and the best commodities to trade in are sincerity and love.

Now and again, it is necessary to seclude yourself among deep mountain and hidden valleys to restore your link to the source of life.

Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here to realize your inner divinity and manifest your innate enlightenment.

Your voice is a very powerful weapon. When you are in tune with the cosmic breath of heaven and earth, your voice produces true sounds. Unify body, mind, and speech, and real techniques will emerge.

The heart of a human being is no different from the soul of heaven and earth. In your practice always keep in your thoughts the interaction of heaven and earth, water and fire, yin and yang.

How little it takes to make a young girl happy! A pretty dress, sunshine, and somebody opposite, and they are blest.

Reciprocation was a pretty powerful stimulant to the imagination.

May the pathways that are Soulfully gifted to you, never be ignored — but, always embraced.

But Doc had one mental habit he could not get over. When anyone asked a question, Doc thought he wanted to know the answer.

We don't know if we're dancing on the show until a couple of days before the show starts, let alone who their partners are before they meet them.

That which comes after ever conforms to that which has gone before.

The goal of formal education has always been to produce people who could continue to learn on their own.

State problems should involve state solutions.

Dying is one of those things that can’t be fixed. Not by talking about it, not with all the brain surge in the world.