Daisaku Ikeda quotes - page 2

A person's true nature is revealed at times of the greatest adversity. (Daisaku Ikeda)
Youthfulness is not determined by age. It is determined by one's life force. One who possesses hope is forever young. One who continually advances is forever beautiful. View quote
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Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end. View quote
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If you lose today, win tomorrow. In this never-ending spirit of challenge is the heart of a victor. View quote
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The person who lives life fully, glowing with life's energy, is the person who lives a successful life. View quote
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Living here on Earth, we breathe the rhythms of a universe that extends infinitely above us. When resonant harmonies arise between this vast outer cosmos and the inner human cosmos, poetry is born. View quote
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You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life. View quote
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No one should be left to suffer alone. View quote
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Rather than turning away from the staggering scale and depth of misery caused by war, we must strive to develop our capacity to empathize and feel the sufferings of others. View quote
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A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy. View quote
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I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind. (Daisaku Ikeda)
The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society. View quote
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Japan learned from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that the tragedy wrought by nuclear weapons must never be repeated and that humanity and nuclear weapons cannot coexist. View quote
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Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness? View quote
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A healthy vision of the future is not possible without an accurate knowledge of the past. View quote
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Dialogue and education for peace can help free our hearts from the impulse toward intolerance and the rejection of others. View quote
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It is natural for us, as human beings, to look forward. Our eyes naturally look ahead. In this sense, we are made for moving toward a goal. View quote
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When human beings live together, conflict is inevitable. War is not. View quote
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To communicate the truths of history is an act of hope for the future. View quote
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In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations. View quote
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The effects of human rights education can be dramatic in awakening people to the value and power of their own lives, as shown in the following stories. (Daisaku Ikeda)
The gratification of desire is not happiness. View quote
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Poems and songs penned as an unstoppable outpouring of the heart take on a life of their own. They transcend the limits of nationality and time as they pass from person to person, from one heart to another. View quote
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Humanity has experienced many revolutionary changes over the course of history: revolutions in agriculture, in science, industrial production, as well as numerous political revolutions. But these have all been limited to the external aspects of our individual and collective lives. View quote
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. View quote
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