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If you hold a wooden staff with a tight grip and try to raise it overhead, it feels quite heavy. If you hold it lightly it feels light. In the same way you should not approach things with too serious an attitude. Take a lighter point of view. In other words, think positively.

— Koichi Tohei Ki Sayings (2003)

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There is no conflict in the absolute universe, but there is conflict in the relative world.

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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.

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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.

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Each time you do something, you must return to your beginner’s mind, and give it your best.

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Human beings cannot grow without feeling gratitude. Gratitude towards things is an attitude which fosters growth.

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