"As soon as we've lived a little, we know from experience that all processes where great political, economical and social interests are involved, it is decided for the stronger. Only in the insignificant matters we observe that apparent regularity that we call justice"

"The State hates me and it does right. Since i posses inside my skull an atom of absolute logic."

"Science in itself is not good or evil. It's a sovereign medium of doing good, if good is within us.

"To preserve mental health, it's convenient to read a paragraph of Tolstoi after one of Nietzche."

"Tolstoi is the enemy of the state, of the church and of property, since he loves his fellow human. One who loves does not seek to inspire fear, but love. And, ¿how, if you renounce to keep terror in the hearts of the weak, will you keep on being lords, owners and priests?"

"Let's think on the future generations -our only inmortality- and sacrifice to them the few we are"

"And if there were another soul more high and more deep, that in it's mysterious breast embraced the soul of the humanity itself, the most supreme act would be to sacrifice what human lies in us to the better reality (...)

It's the soul of future humanity"

Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.

A baby is an inestimable blessing and bother.

Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any.

The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.

I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.

If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.

Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our hardnesses yield, all our irritations and resentments flit away and a sunny spirit takes their place.

t is wonderful, the power of a faith like that, that can make multitudes upon multitudes of the old and weak and the young and frail enter without hesitation or complaint upon such incredible journeys and endure the resultant miseries without repining. It is done in love, or it is done in fear; I do not know which it is. No matter what the impulse is, the act born of it is beyond imagination marvelous to our kind of people, the cold whites.

Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.

Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.

(Just to comment, he is the founder of Aikido)

I felt the universe suddenly quake, and that a golden spirit sprang up from the ground, veiled my body, and changed my body into a golden one. At the same time my body became light. I was able to understand the whispering of the birds, and was clearly aware of the mind of God, the creator of the universe.
At that moment I was enlightened: the source of Budo is God's love — the spirit of loving protection for all beings... Budo is not the felling of an opponent by force; nor is it a tool to lead the world to destruction with arms. True Budo is to accept the spirit of the universe, keep the peace of the world, correctly produce, protect and cultivate all beings in nature.

I am the Universe.

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.

Aikido is Love.

The Way of the Warrior has been misunderstood. It is not a means to kill and destroy others. Those who seek to compete and better one another are making a terrible mistake. To smash, injure, or destroy is the worst thing a human being can do. The real Way of a Warrior is to prevent such slaughter — it is the Art of Peace, the power of love.

When facing the realm of life and death in the form of an enemy's sword, one must be firmly settled in mind and body, and not at all intimidated; without providing your opponent the slightest opening, control his mind in a flash and move where you will — straight, diagonally, or in any other appropriate direction.

Always imagine yourself on the battlefield under the fiercest attack; never forget this crucial element of training.

Be grateful even for hardship, setbacks, and bad people. Dealing with such obstacles is an essential part of training in the Art of Peace.

Foster peace in your own life and then apply the Art to all that you encounter.

One should be prepared to receive ninety-nine percent of an enemy's attack and stare death right in the face in order to illumine the Path.

In order to establish heaven on earth, we need a Budo that is pure in spirit, that is devoid of hatred and greed. It must follow natural principles and harmonize the material with the spiritual. Aikido means not to kill. Although nearly all creeds have a commandment against taking life, most of them justify killing for reason or another. In Aikido, however, we try to completely avoid killing, even the most evil person.

May the Kami of Earth and Heaven watch our acts of purification.