"IF YOUR OPPONENT strikes with fire, counter with water, becoming completely fluid and free-flowing. Water, by its nature, never collides with or breaks against anything. On the contrary, it swallows up any attack harmlessly."

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Source : Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.110, Shambhala Publications

Morihei Ueshiba

#Fire Quotes #Water Quotes #Opponents Quotes

“You can't lead me down that rode.”
“I am still yours, Allie, my queen, my timeless beauty. You are, and always have been, the best thing in my life”
“While it may be true – and probably is – that not all Muslims are terrorists, it also happens to be true that nearly all terrorists are Muslim.”

Source : "Amid AIPAC's Big Show, Straight Talk With a Noticeable Silence". www.washingtonpost.com. March 7, 2006.
“The most important thing is writing songs that resonate and giving people a chance to listen to them.”
“Dance is fun! It lifts the spirit, stringthens the body, and stimulates the mind....”
“If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so. If this world is a vicious trap, so is its accuser, and the pot is calling the kettle black.”
“The world looks at ministers out of the pulpit to know that they mean in it.”
“Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.”

Source : Edwin Arlington Robinson (2015). “Delphi Poetical Works and Plays of Edwin Arlington Robinson (Illustrated)”, p.142, Delphi Classics

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