Morihei Ueshiba Quotes

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.

By hating that person, you have lost something very sweet in yourself.

I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion.

I feel beautiful when I'm at peace with myself. When I'm serene, when I'm a good person, when I've been considerate of others.

I realise myself that hate wastes a lot of time and energy, and I would rather re-direct any energy that I have to good and positive use.

Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone else look bad. And I'm tired of making other people feel good about themselves.

Be a force of love as often as you can and turn away negative thoughts whenever you feel them surface.

The world is full of a lot of fear and a lot of negativity, and a lot of judgment. I just think people need to start shifting into joy and happiness. As corny as it sounds, we need to make a shift.

The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.

Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion - towards ourselves and towards all living beings.

Let you look sometimes for the goodness in me, and judge me not.

I don't bother about how people feel about me. What matters to me is how I feel about them.

If you think about the people trying to hurt you, rather than just trying to hurt them back, you can understand it has nothing to do with you.

I don't want anything negative in my life, like hate, comparison, competition, and jealousy. I think these things are very heavy and take away from you the way of enjoying life.

I was mostly bullied by my classmates. People would come up to me and say, 'You're so dark.' I'd always fight back by calling out one of their insecurities, like, 'Well, you have a big nose.' Today, I'd tell them that I really love them. I'd thank them because they made me realize how unique I am.

Sometimes you feel like the people who invest in hate are winning. Then you just want to talk about love and what it really means to love yourself.

My father always tells me to be forgiving, as it purges you of pent-up negativity. I harbour no bitterness and malice towards anyone.

I believe it doesn't do yourself any good to hate.

If we could learn even a little to like ourselves, maybe our cruelties and angers might melt away.

Forgiveness belongs to those who know how to love in the first place.

Beauty comes from the inside.

Feeling good about your life, but not expressing a heartfelt 'thank you,' is like wrapping a gift for someone and never giving it to them.

In my heart I know what kind of person I am, and that's good enough.

Strive to find things to be thankful for, and just look for the good in who you are!

There is no fear when you choose love. The more you choose love, the more love is in your life. It gets easier and easier.