"Some people think that macrobiotic philosophy is no more than the teaching of a diet - the eating of brown rice, carrots, and gomashio (sesame salt), others imagine that it is summed up in the statement, "Don't eat cake and sugar." How far from the truth!"

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Source : "Essential Ohsawa: From Food to Health, Happiness to Freedom - Understanding the Basics of Macrobiotics". Book edited by Carl Ferré and Herman Aihara, p. 82, 1994.

George Ohsawa

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“My relationship with Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm reaches far back into my childhood. I grew up with Grimm's fairy tales. I even saw a theater production of 'Tom Thumb' during Advent at the State Theater in Danzig, which my mother took me to see.”
“When I have something to work against, it liberates my imagination. I believe very much in authentic inspiration. I'm not about calculation.”

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“And also--to add to my problems--my parents and relatives kept telling me how they'd grown up feeling so close to the Almighty that they'd spoken to Him on a daily basis as one would speak to a friend and how, now and then, God had actually spoken back to them in the form of miracles.”
“The passing of the years awakens in our hearts the cry for permanence.”
“All the films I do, I write the scripts, I direct.”
“The mind is incredible. Once you've gained mastery over it, channeling its powers positively for your purposes, you can do anything. I mean anything. The secret is to make your mind work for you not against you. This means constantly being positive. Constantly setting up challenges you can meet either today, next week, or next month. "I can't..." should be permanently stricken from your vocabulary, especially the vocabulary of your thoughts. You must see yourself always growing and improving.”

Source : Arnold Schwarzenegger, Douglas Kent Hall (1993). “Arnold”, p.148, Simon and Schuster
“To cease to think creatively is to cease to live”
“There's only one race - it's human. We are all brothers and sisters.”

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