198 Quotes by Morihei Ueshiba

Foster peace in your own life and then apply the Art to all that you encounter.

Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.

Techniques employ four qualities that reflect the nature of our world. Depending on the circumstance, you should be: hard as a diamond, flexible as a willow, smooth-flowing like water, or as empty as space.

Your heart is full of fertile seeds, waiting to sprout.

Those who have a warped mind, a mind of discord, have been defeated from the beginning.

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.

The Art of Peace is based on four Great Virtues: Bravery, Wisdom, Love, and Friendship, symbolized by Fire, Heaven, Earth, and Water.

If you are centered, you can move freely.

All life is a manifestation of the spirit, the manifestation of love.