Daisaku Ikeda Quotes
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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.
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Let us give something to each person we meet: joy, courage, hope, assurance, or philosophy, wisdom, a vision for the future. Let us always give something.
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The problems of aging present an opportunity to rethink our social and personal lives in order to ensure the dignity and welfare of each individual.
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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.
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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.
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A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.
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No one should be left to suffer alone.
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Divorced from the cosmos, from nature, from society and from each other, we have become fractured and fragmented.
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All people have a natural desire to be needed, to have their importance to others tangibly confirmed.
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No one can live entirely on their own, nor can any country or society exist in isolation.
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The determination to win is the better part of winning.
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A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.
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With love and patience, nothing is impossible.
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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.
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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.
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A healthy vision of the future is not possible without an accurate knowledge of the past.
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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.
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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.
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Having lived through the transition from totalitarianism, I am acutely mindful of the need to never take for granted the basic freedoms of thought, expression and belief that democracy brings.
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We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history.
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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.
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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.
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Extreme poverty threatens people's right to life itself and makes impossible the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms essential to a humane way of life.
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress.