Daisaku Ikeda

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  • “Women are, in my view, natural peacemakers. As givers and nurturers of life, through their focus on human relationships and their engagement with the demanding work of raising children and protecting family life, they develop a deep sense of empathy that cuts through to underlying human realities.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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  • “Women are, in my view, natural peacemakers. As givers and nurturers of life, through their focus on human relationships and their engagement with the demanding work of raising children and protecting family life, they develop a deep sense of empathy that cuts through to underlying human realities.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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  • “History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use of our communicative capacities to negotiate and resolve differences is the first evidence of human wisdom.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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  • “Men and women who know the brutal reality of war, who know that war strips people of their very humanity, must unite in a new global partnership for peace.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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  • “It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is a truth that is not limited to school education: it applies to all of us.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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  • “Where there is an absence of international political leadership, civil society should step in to fill the gap, providing the energy and vision needed to move the world in a new and better direction.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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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.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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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

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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.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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  • “Men and women who know the brutal reality of war, who know that war strips people of their very humanity, must unite in a new global partnership for peace.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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  • “Dialogue and education for peace can help free our hearts from the impulse toward intolerance and the rejection of others.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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  • “With love and patience, nothing is impossible.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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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?” -Daisaku Ikeda

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  • “A commitment to human rights cannot be fostered simply through the transmission of knowledge. Action and experience play a crucial role in the learning process.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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  • “Where there is an absence of international political leadership, civil society should step in to fill the gap, providing the energy and vision needed to move the world in a new and better direction.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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  • “I believe that we must maintain pride in the knowledge that the actions we take, based on our own decisions and choices as individuals, link directly to the magnificent challenge of transforming human history.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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  • “When one takes action for others, one’s own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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  • “History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use of our communicative capacities to negotiate and resolve differences is the first evidence of human wisdom.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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  • “The gratification of desire is not happiness.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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  • “A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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  • “A healthy vision of the future is not possible without an accurate knowledge of the past.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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  • “Women are, in my view, natural peacemakers. As givers and nurturers of life, through their focus on human relationships and their engagement with the demanding work of raising children and protecting family life, they develop a deep sense of empathy that cuts through to underlying human realities.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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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?” -Daisaku Ikeda

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  • “A commitment to human rights cannot be fostered simply through the transmission of knowledge. Action and experience play a crucial role in the learning process.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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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

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  • “There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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  • “A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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  • “I have for some time urged that a nuclear abolition summit to mark the effective end of the nuclear era be convened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of those cities, with the participation of national leaders and representatives of global civil society.” -Daisaku Ikeda

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  • No one should be left to suffer alone. – Daisaku Ikeda

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