Uchiyama Gudō

"Old habits in particular will not make it easy to realize our ideas, but nonetheless, we should make up our minds and strive to achieve them."

"A superstition is a wrong idea that one holds precious like a sacred thing."

"Nothing can be realized without sacrifice."

"Truth will eventually triumph one day, the light of freedom will doubtlessly and without fail illuminate the whole family and bestow its blessings upon all."

"Everyone should put the elders first in accordance with the customs to treat elders with respect."

"One should improve upon the habit of giving to others what one desires for oneself."

"Folks, try to think. Of what you produce with your sweat all year long, half is taken by a thief called the landlord; with the half that’s left, you buy sake, soy sauce, salt and manure. But on the sake, on that manure, on everything, nothing excluded, there are taxes — money that is taken by that big thief called the government. on top of that, other thieves called merchants make their own profit. That’s why folks like you , who don’t own your land, will never be able to avoid poverty throughout your life, no matter how hard and earnestly you work."