The realization of our true substance and potential is the purpose of creation.

A warrior's mission is to foster the success of others.

True budo is a work of love. It is a work of giving life to all beings, and not killing or struggling with each other. Love is the guardian deity of everything. Nothing can exist without it. Aikido is the realization of love.

THE TOTALLY AWAKENED warrior can freely utilize all elements contained in heaven and earth. The true warrior learns how to correctly perceive the activity of the universe and how to transform martial techniques into vehicles of purity, goodness, and beauty. A warrior’s mind and body must be permeated with enlightened wisdom and deep calm.

Seeing me before him, / The adversary attacks, / But by that time / I am already standing / Safely behind him.

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.

If you have not linked yourself to true emptiness, you will never understand the art of peace.