25 quotes
There is no conflict in the absolute universe, but there is conflict in the relative world.
Ki Sayings (2003)
Only those with their eyes open to the world of nature are capable of uncovering its truth. Everything springs from a sense of gratitude toward nature.
Book of Ki (1976)
Countless people have attempted to define the absolute power of the world of nature. Some praise it as God, some call it the Buddha, others call it truth.
Book of Ki (1976)
Each time you do something, you must return to your beginner’s mind, and give it your best.
Ki Sayings (2003)
Human beings cannot grow without feeling gratitude. Gratitude towards things is an attitude which fosters growth.
Ki Sayings (2003)
True "fudoshin" is not a rigid, immobile state of mind, but the condition of stability, which comes from the most rapid movement.
Ki Sayings (2003)
Instructors must always be positive. Even if someone fails at something, you must have the energy to help them turn it into success.
Ki Sayings (2003)
The ki of the universe has never for a moment stopped moving. We call this continuous growth and development. Do you think it strange that human beings seem to be the only one trying to stop the movement of ki?
Ki Sayings (2003)
Teachers must have a positive mind. If their attitude is negative, it infects their students.
Ki Sayings (2003)
It is too late to try to calm the mind after you take up the sword. First you must calm the mind and then take up the sword.
Ki Sayings (2003)
You must not think of what you learned as belonging to you. Your learning was only possible because of the people who taught you.
Ki Sayings (2003)
People today are more concerned with what they can get, than what they can give or do for others. That is why they cannot extend Ki.
Ki Sayings (2003)
Whatever you have to do, do it now, while you are still living. You must practice to be able to return to essential principles at any moment.
Ki Sayings (2003)
The absolute universe is one. We call this ki.
Ki Sayings (2003)
Until you change the sub conscience mind, you cannot say that you have learned something. If something is worth learning, you should stick with it until you have changed your subconscious mind.
Ki Sayings (2003)
The absolute universe is one. Then two opposing forces appeared, and the relative world was born. In the orient this dualism is called ‘yin’ and ‘yang’, in the west, ‘plus’ and ‘minus’.
Ki Sayings (2003)
"Do nothing" does not mean "don’t do anything", "mu" or "nothing" is not merely the lack of something. It refers to the state in which the mind has grown imperceptibly calm, and then allowed things to take their natural course.
Ki Sayings (2003)
Ki is a very complex word... and even more difficult to translate to westerners.
Aikido: The Co-Ordination of Mind and Body for Self-Defence (1966)
Things appear very complex but underneath they are quite simple. People complicate things by super-imposing their own viewpoints and advantages. If you remove all that is superfluous, most problems have very simple solutions.
Ki Sayings (2003)
Our lives are born of the Ki of the Universe. Let us give thanks for being born not as plants and animals, but as human beings blessed with a Universal Mind. Let us pledge to fulfil our missions by helping to guide the development and creation of the Universe.
Ki Sayings (2003)