Aiki is not a technique to fight with or defeat an enemy. It is the way to reconcile the world and make human beings one family.

The Way of a Warrior is to establish harmony.

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

I have been given many teachings by Sarutahiko-no-O-Kami. OKami told me, 'By the work of Takehaya Susanowo no Mikoto, you will worship the Ame no Murakumo KuKamisamuhara Ryu O (Kami of Takemusu) and build an Aiki shrine and dojo.' Then I built the Aiki shrine and dojo in Iwama, Ibaragi prefecture in 1940.

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

Aikido is based on the projection of love.

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.