True Budo is to accept the spirit of the universe, keep the peace of the world, correctly produce, protect and cultivate all beings in nature.

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.

Sometimes all it takes is one Deep Breath and everything falls into place.

She had wild eyes, slightly insane. She also carried an overload of compassion that was real enough and which obviously cost her something.

It was at that moment, that even though she'd thought it before, Finley realized that Emily was a bloody genius.

I'm a total control freak and love to participate in the design of every single aspect of life.

We all have a role to play - the President, Congress, parents, students and schools - in making college affordable and keeping the middle class dream alive.

Not to sound too pathetic, but there have been long stretches where I haven't been able to get a job.

It's much harder when you're writing about your life, than when you're writing fiction.

If we were multilingual, imagine how much you would learn about your own culture, about the sensibilities of what's important in your own culture.

Try to say nothing negative about anybody for three days, for forty-five days, for three months. See what happens to your life.