Source : Gichin Funakoshi (1994). “Karate-dō Nyūmon: The Master Introductory Text”, p.46, Kodansha International
“My father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here and have a part of it just like you.”
Source : Testimony before House Un-American Activities Committee, 12 June 1956
“Light can be gentle, dangerous, dreamlike, bare, living, dead, misty, clear, hot, dark, violet, springlike, falling, straight, sensual, limited, poisonous, calm and soft.”
“One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.”
“I try to let my decisions be guided not by what I think will succeed or fail, but what I'm going to learn from that process.”
Source : Source: www.npr.org
“The simple act of opening a bottle of wine has brought more happiness to the human race than all the collective governments in the history of earth”
“Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask, if we cannot trust the Bible, what can we trust?”
“The world would be a healthier place if oral contraceptives were available in every corner store and cigarettes were limited to prescription use.”
“The bond of family blesses us with an immeasurable power. But we also must accept what comes with it. It gives us a responsibility to love without condition, without apology. We can never waver from the power of that bond, even if it's tested. The bond nourishes us, gives us strength. Without that power, we are nothing.”
Anko Itosu
Bodhidharma Biographer
Gogen Yamaguchi
Kano Jigoro Martial Artist
Kenwa Mabuni
Mas Oyama
Morihei Ueshiba Martial Artist
Shigeru Egami
Tsutomu Ohshima
