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George Ohsawa Quotes

The individual who no longer has a rigid mind has found freedom. Life can be so easy. Refuse to let go and you are a person drowning; the more you struggle, the faster you sink.

The individual who no longer has a rigid mind has found freedom. Life can be so easy. Refuse to let go and you are a person drowning; the more you struggle, the faster you sink.

George Ohsawa
Letting Go, Wisdom, Struggle

"You are what you eat." Nothing else. Never. If you are nourished with cow's milk and later with herbs, you'll become someone whose whole life is good only for being exploited by others.

George Ohsawa
Life Is Good, Cows, Herbs
"Atomic Age - And the Philosophy of the Far East". Book by George Ohsawa, p. 53, 1977.

Only those who see that the two sides of all phenomena, visible and invisible, are front and back or beginning and end of one reality can embrace any antagonistic situation, see its complementarity , and help others to do the same, thereby establishing peace and harmony.

George Ohsawa
Helping Others, Reality, Two Sides
George Ohsawa (1984). “Macrobiotics: The Way of Healing”, p.55, George Ohsawa Macrobiotic

Macrobiotic living is the process of changing ourselves so that we can eat anything we like without fear of becoming ill; it enables us to live a joyful life during which we can achieve anything we choose.

George Ohsawa
Becoming, Joyful, Achieve
"Essential Ohsawa: From Food to Health, Happiness to Freedom - Understanding the Basics of Macrobiotics". Book edited by Carl Ferré and Herman Aihara, p. 82, 1994.

Sickness is the first warning that we have made a wrong judgement. A healthy person is never unhappy.

George Ohsawa
Judgement, Healthy, Unhappy
"Essential Ohsawa: From Food to Health, Happiness to Freedom - Understanding the Basics of Macrobiotics". Book edited by Carl Ferré and Herman Aihara, p. 77, 1994.

No more will, no more soul, no more life!

George Ohsawa
Soul
George Ohsawa (1986). “Gandhi: The Eternal Youth”

Chewing transforms even toxins into nutritive substances.

George Ohsawa
Toxins, Substance, Chewing
"Essential Ohsawa: From Food to Health, Happiness to Freedom - Understanding the Basics of Macrobiotics". Book edited by Carl Ferré and Herman Aihara, p. 97, 1994.

Some people think that macrobiotic philosophy is no more than the teaching of a diet - the eating of brown rice, carrots, and gomashio (sesame salt), others imagine that it is summed up in the statement, "Don't eat cake and sugar." How far from the truth!

George Ohsawa
Philosophy, Teaching, Thinking
"Essential Ohsawa: From Food to Health, Happiness to Freedom - Understanding the Basics of Macrobiotics". Book edited by Carl Ferré and Herman Aihara, p. 82, 1994.

He who thinks that macrobiotic living is merely a cure for physical ailments, however, can never really be helped. It is not a new medicine to stop pain or suffering, but rather a teaching that goes to the source of pain and eradicates it.

George Ohsawa
Pain, Teaching, Thinking
"Essential Ohsawa: From Food to Health, Happiness to Freedom - Understanding the Basics of Macrobiotics". Book edited by Carl Ferré and Herman Aihara, p. 81, 1994.

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