Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead. The Art of Peace is a celebration of the bonding of heaven, earth, and humankind. It is all that is true, good, and beautiful.

Unlike the authors of such warrior classics as The Art of War and The Book of the Five Rings, which accept the inevitability of war and emphasize cunning strategy as a means to victory, Morihei understood that continued fighting-with others, with ourselves, and with the environment-will ruin the earth. “The world will continue to change dramatically, but fighting and war can destroy us utterly. What we need now are techniques of harmony, not those of contention. The Art of Peace is required, not the Art of War.

The penetrating brilliance of swords, wielded by followers of the Way, strikes at the evil enemy, lurking deep within, their own souls and bodies.

WHEN YOU BOW deeply to the universe, it bows back; when you call out the name of God, it echoes inside you.

Move like a beam of light: fly like lightning, strike like thunder, whirl in circles around a stable center

If you have life in you, you have access to the secrets of the ages, for the truth of the universe resides in each and every human being.

A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind.