Koichi Quotes & Sayings

They say that a lion puts his all, even into catching a rabbit. You should make it a habit of putting your all into every little thing you do. — Koichi Tohei

There is no conflict in the absolute universe, but there is conflict in the relative world. — Koichi Tohei

When you coordinate your mind and body, you have unlimited access to the wisdom of the universe. — Koichi Tohei

When it came time to find employment, I set my sights on becoming an engineer at a home electronics manufacturer, a field that was closely related to my major at university. — Koichi Tanaka

One little light can light 10,000 — Koichi Tohei

I suppose the reason I chose electrical engineering was because I had always been interested in electricity, involving myself in such projects as building radios from the time I was a child. — Koichi Tanaka

In such an environment, I was able to study things that could be of immediate usefulness to the world. That learning experience undoubtedly served me well when I eventually entered the work force. — Koichi Tanaka

After realizing a principle, unless you learn it with your body you cannot expect to get true understanding. Scholars in particular tend to learn in theory only. — Koichi Tohei

Let us have a Universal Mind
that loves and protects all creation
and helps all things grow and develop
To unify mind and body
and become one with the Universe
is the ultimate purpose of our study. — Koichi Tohei

Although we are aware that North Korea is attaching importance to the liquidation of the past, that is difficult unless there is progress over the abduction issue. — Koichi Haraguchi

I want them (the North Korean delegation) to understand that it would be difficult to see progress of the normalization talks unless we see their sincerity over the abduction, nuclear and missile issues. — Koichi Haraguchi

You must practice to be able to return to essential principles at any moment. — Koichi Tohei

My grandmother valued even the smallest of things. — Koichi Tanaka

The tenacious character I've possessed since I was a small child propelled me to successfully meet this challenge, and I was able to safely gain acceptance to the university of my choice. — Koichi Tanaka

It is as true for individuals as it is for the world itself: everything comes in waves. If you ride the waves of change, you succeed. If you ignore them, you fail. When the wave is down, most people resist it by trying to go up. When the wave goes up, you should go up with it. When it comes down, you go down. — Koichi Tohei

If the North Korean side shows no sincerity in solving the nuclear weapon, abduction and missile issues, then the likelihood of normalization of diplomatic relations is very slim. — Koichi Haraguchi

From my father, I learned the importance of working sincerely at things to which I had committed myself, and to persevere untiringly even in the face of little progress. — Koichi Tanaka

Pour some water into a tub and stir it up. Now try as hard as you can to calm the water with your hands; you will succeed in agitating it further. Let it stand undisturbed a while, and it will calm down by itself. The human brain works much the same way. — Koichi Tohei

When a watch is broken you take it apart to analyze what is wrong with it. When a technique does not work, if you analyze it carefully you can always find out what is wrong. — Koichi Tohei

Upon receiving my notification of acceptance to the university, my parents noticed that they were obliged to submit to the university, among other things, a copy of my official family register. After much mental anguish, they decided to inform me of the secret of my birth. — Koichi Tanaka

If might is right, then the world will tear itself apart. We must strive to create a world in which right is might. — Koichi Tohei

Most of the work performed by a development engineer results in failure. — Koichi Tanaka

Countless people have attempted to define the absolute power of the world of nature. Some praise it as god, some call it the Buddha, others call it truth. Still others convert nature into a philosophy by which they attempt to sound its deepest truth. Such attempts to define the power of nature are no more than striving to escape its effects. — Koichi Tohei

Practice is not a matter of years and months. It is a matter of concentration. — Koichi Tohei

Our lives are born of the Ki of the universe. Let us give thanks for being born not as plants and animals, but as human beings blessed with a universal mind. Let us pledge to fulfill our missions by helping to guide the development and creation of the universe. — Koichi Tohei

We want to move even a step forward toward resolving the abduction issue. — Koichi Haraguchi

The thought grew strong in me that since I had gone to the trouble of being born, I might as well be useful in helping people live long and healthy lives. And this thought has always resided in the back of my mind. — Koichi Tanaka

Be vigorous and full of energy, and make ceaseless efforts. This means that little things do not discourage you and that you approach all things boldly and with an attitude of determination. — Koichi Tohei

My natural mother died one month after I was born, apparently due to giving birth at an advanced age. — Koichi Tanaka

Do not criticize any other martial arts or speak ill of others, as it will surely come back to you. The mountain does not laugh at the river because it is lowly, nor does the river speak ill of the mountain because it can not move. — Koichi Tohei

Simplicity means the achievement of maximum effect with minimum means. — Koichi Kawana

However, the occasional visit of success provides just the excitement an engineer needs to face work the following day. — Koichi Tanaka

In 1978, I entered Tohoku University, into the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technology. — Koichi Tanaka

Even if a hundred ton boulder should fall, I would be safe! When I say this, everyone laughs and wonders how. No need to try to stop it, just move out of the way. You do not have a problem if you do not try to take it on yourself. Most people suffer because they try to take upon themselves things which they do not need to. — Koichi Tohei

Find your own dream! Keep this dream and take good care of it and then sometime you will accomplish something [and feel the intense satisfaction that only the achievement of a long held, worthwhile goal can give]. — Koichi Tanaka

I cannot say that I was a particularly diligent student, especially during the lower grades. — Koichi Tanaka

Power of mind is infinite while brawn is limited. — Koichi Tohei

The Faculty of Technology of Tohoku University is renowned for its tradition of practical studies. — Koichi Tanaka