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The greatest tragedy in life is not to die, it is to live as if dead, to let the life within us wither. Toward what goal or achievement are we striving in life? This is the important question to ask ourselves (Daisaku Ikeda Quotes)
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 Quotes)
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 Quotes)
Leadership that exploits and sacrifices young people on the altar of its goals is nothing more than raw, demonic power. Genuine leadership is found in ceaseless efforts to foster young people, to pave the way forward for them (Daisaku Ikeda Quotes)
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 Quotes)
Dialogue starts from the courageous willingness to know and be known by others. It is the painstaking and persistent effort to remove all obstacles that obscure our common humanity (Daisaku Ikeda Quotes)
It is senseless to blame others or your environment for your miseries. Change begins from the moment you muster the courage to act. When you change, the environment will change. The power to change the world is found nowhere but within our own life (Daisaku Ikeda Quotes)
Ultimately, the only way to make good friends is to become a good friend yourself. Good people gather around other good people (Daisaku Ikeda Quotes)
Take heart, and do not let disappointment or shame stop you from moving forward. The true outcome of life is only apparent at the very end (Daisaku Ikeda Quotes)
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 Quotes)
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 Quotes)
A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader (Daisaku Ikeda Quotes)
Dialogue and education for peace can help free our hearts from the impulse toward intolerance and the rejection of others (Daisaku Ikeda Quotes)
Divorced from the cosmos, from nature, from society and from each other, we have become fractured and fragmented (Daisaku Ikeda Quotes)
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 Quotes)
In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations (Daisaku Ikeda Quotes)
Likewise, education can direct people toward good or evil ends. When education is based on a fundamentally distorted worldview, the results are horrific (Daisaku Ikeda Quotes)
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 Quotes)
No one can live entirely on their own, nor can any country or society exist in isolation (Daisaku Ikeda Quotes)
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 (Daisaku Ikeda Quotes)
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 Quotes)
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 Quotes)
We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history (Daisaku Ikeda Quotes)
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 Quotes)
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 Quotes)
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 (Daisaku Ikeda Quotes)
The reactions of the human heart are not mechanical and predictable but infinitely subtle and delicate (Daisaku Ikeda Quotes)
The eyes of a poet discover in each person a unique and irreplaceable humanity. While arrogant intellect seeks to control and manipulate the world, the poetic spirit bows with reverence before its mysteries (Daisaku Ikeda Quotes)
Human rights will be a powerful force for the transformation of reality when they are not simply understood as externally defined norms of behavior but are lived as the spontaneous manifestation of internalized values (Daisaku Ikeda Quotes)
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 (Daisaku Ikeda Quotes)