To practice Aikido fully you must calm the spirit and go back to the origin.

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.

Every word you speak is a prayer, or meditation of reinforcement which creates permanence.

I'm not crazy when I replace everything that people consider as a stability, safety and wealth with the right to think of the moment I had spent with you.

He was a vampire now. He was supposed to have eternity. But what he had was days.

Every story, each poem that a person shares, each voice that speaks against menstrual taboo, inspires me.

I'd like to create a role on Broadway. That would really heighten my senses.

Some days you feel like you've had the greatest ego massage, then the next day you've been trampled on.

To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement.

Humility mainly becometh the converse of man with his Maker.

I can mix and match a cute shirt with some skinny jeans under a leather jacket and it looks fun and unique.

I'm not sure where I'm from! I was born in London. My father's from Ghana but lives in Saudi Arabia. My mother's Nigerian but lives in Ghana. I grew up in Boston.