The following inspiring quotes are excerpted from ONE, a book by Masami Sato .

On mastering things…

"…doing things we've never done can often seem very difficult and complicated until the day we actually try them out."

"(Children) learn by playing and become the masters of the game. And they do it just by having fun."

"…when something more effective and easy comes along, we let go of the harder way very quickly without being 'taught'."

"Friends share with us what they think and feel.
Teachers teach us what to do and how to do it.
Coaches ask us who we want to be.
Mentors show us who we can be.
Masters show us who we really are."


On honesty…

"…when we held back our feelings and said things only to please others, often we ended up upsetting someone later."

"There is no such thing as an unbreakable promise for the future."


On imagination…

"…because in our imagination, we can do anything."


On magic…

"Miracles are not accidents. We create them through our choices."


On problems…

"…there are always reasons for everything to exist in this world. And so-called 'problems' and 'issues' only exist for us to see something beyond, so that we get to experience the next, positive transformation."

"There was nothing to 'solve', just something to share."


On simplicity…

"If we count all the things we love in our life, we may find the way to bring in more simplicity and joy into it…"

"Maybe it's actually all very simple. No worries-tomorrow is just another day!"

All the quotes are taken from ONE, a book written by Masami Sato. To get a free copy of ONE, visit www.b1g1.com and start sharing the joy of giving. Feel free to use or republish the content of the above article and quotes, fully or partially, as long as it is preserved in its original content, with proper attribution to Masami Sato and linked to www.b1g1.com.