Morihei Ueshiba
Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.Collection: Power
To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace.Collection: Peace
The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit.Collection: Fitness
Create each day anew.Collection: Inspirational
One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.Collection: Peace
The art of Peace I practice has room for each of the world's eight million gods, and I cooperate with them all. The God of Peace is very great and enjoins all that is divine and enlightened in every land.Collection: Peace
When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him; if he wants to pull back, send him on his way.Collection: Wisdom
Your heart is full of fertile seeds, waiting to sprout.Collection: Inspirational
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.Collection: Peace
Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.Collection: Failure
Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.Collection: Wisdom
Do not look upon this world with fear and loathing. Bravely face whatever the gods offer.Collection: Fear
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.Collection: Society
When life is victorious, there is birth; when it is thwarted, there is death. A warrior is always engaged in a life-and-death struggle for Peace.Collection: Death
Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.Collection: Good
Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything - even mountains, rivers, plants and trees - should be your teacher.Collection: Teacher
A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind.Collection: Good
Each and every master, regardless of the era or the place, heard the call and attained harmony with heaven and earth. There are many paths leading to the top of Mount Fuji, but there is only one summit - love.
As soon as you concern yourself with the 'good' and 'bad' of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weaken and defeat you.
All the principles of heaven and earth are living inside you. Life itself is truth, and this will never change. Everything in heaven and earth breathes. Breath is the thread that ties creation together.
Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything.
Your spirit is the true shield.
Progress comes to those who train and train; reliance on secret techniques will get you nowhere.
If your heart is large enough to envelop your adversaries, you can see right through them and avoid their attacks. And once you envelop them, you will be able to guide them along the path indicated to you by heaven and earth.
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.
The divine is not something high above us. It is in heaven, it is in earth, it is inside us.
Opponents confront us continually, but actually there is no opponent there. Enter deeply into an attack and neutralize it as you draw that misdirected force into your own sphere.
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.
In extreme situations, the entire universe becomes our foe; at such critical times, unity of mind and technique is essential - do not let your heart waver!
Mankind's role is to fulfil his heaven-sent purpose through a sincere heart that is in harmony with all creation and loves all things.
All life is a manifestation of the spirit, the manifestation of love.
It is necessary to develop a strategy that utilizes all the physical conditions and elements that are directly at hand. The best strategy relies upon an unlimited set of responses.
True victory is victory over oneself.Collection: Art
A warrior's mission is to foster the success of others.Collection: Warrior
The Art of Peace is medicine for a sick world. There is evil and disorder in the world, because people have forgotten that all things emanate from one source. Return to that source and leave behind all self-centered thoughts, petty desires, and anger. Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything.Collection: Art
True victory does not come from defeating an enemy, true victory comes from giving love and changing an enemies heart.Collection: Heart
The Way of the Warrior has been misunderstood. It is not a means to kill and destroy others. Those who seek to compete and better one another are making a terrible mistake. To smash, injure, or destroy is the worst thing a human being can do. The real Way of a Warrior is to prevent such slaughter – it is the Art of Peace, the power of love.Collection: Art
Be grateful even for hardship, setbacks, and bad people. Dealing with such obstacles is an essential part of training in the Art of Peace.Collection: Art
Aikido is not an art to fight with enemies and defeat them. It is a way to lead all human beings to live in harmony with each other as though everyone were one family. The secret of aikido is to make yourself become one with the universe and to go along with its natural movements. One who has attained this secret holds the universe in him/herself and can say, 'I am the universe.'Collection: Art
Life itself is always a trial. In training, you must test and polish yourself in order to face the great challenges of life.Collection: Order
IN THE ART OF PEACE we never attack. An attack is proof that one is out of control. Never run away from any challenge, but do not try to suppress or control an opponent unnaturally.. Let attackers come any way they like, and then blend with them. Never chase after opponents. Redirect each attack and get firmly behind it.Collection: Running
Now and again, it is necessary to seclude yourself among deep mountain and hidden valleys to restore your link to the source of life.Collection: Spiritual
You are here for no other purpose than to realize your inner divinity and manifest your inner enlightenment.Collection: Enlightenment
All the principles of heaven and earth are living inside you.Collection: Ties
In true budo there is no enemy or opponent. True budo is to become one with the universe, not train to become powerful or to throw down some opponent. Rather we train in hopes of being of some use, however small our role may be, in the task of bringing peace to mankind around the world.Collection: Art
Even the most powerful human being has a limited sphere of strength. Draw him outside of that sphere and into your own, and his strength will dissipate.Collection: Strength
The best strategy relies upon an unlimited set of responses.Collection: Rely Upon
Those who are enlightened never stop forging themselves.Collection: Enlightened
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.Collection: Powerful
The Art of Peace begins with you.Collection: Art