Likewise, education can direct people toward good or evil ends. When education is based on a fundamentally distorted worldview, the results are… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
What matters is the value we’ve created in our lives, the people we’ve made happy and how much we’ve grown as people. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
The effects of human rights education can be dramatic in awakening people to the value and power of their own lives, as… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Being sincere, dedicated and honest is the key. People of integrity triumph in the end. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Extreme poverty threatens people's right to life itself and makes impossible the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms essential to a humane… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the only way to make good friends is to become a good friend yourself. Good people gather around other good people. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Men and women who know the brutal reality of war, who know that war strips people of their very humanity, must unite… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
People who cease to grow can't inspire others. Leadership begins with challenging oneself. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
World peace is not something that can be realized simply by politicians signing treaties, or by business leaders creating economic cooperation. True… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Adversity gives birth to greatness. The greater the challenges and difficulties we face, the greater the opportunity we have to grow and… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
People need to be made conscious of a very simple reality: we have no choice but to share this planet, this small… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
People can only live fully by helping others to live. When you give life to friends you truly live. Cultures can only… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
When we care for others our own strength to live increases. When we help people expand their state of life, our lives… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Faced with stress, too many people feel they have nowhere to turn to, that they don't have access to the kind of… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
The economy is after all driven by people. No matter how dire the situation may be, as long as people are firm,… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
All right, let's get to work again!-This is the spirit of people of genuine substance. Those who avoid hard work or neglect… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Why is it that sometimes our prayers seem not to be answered? This is a manifestation of the Buddha's wisdom, so that… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
What we need most is to restore and revive our humanity. We must create a society where people can live with dignity,… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Life isn't always smooth. If it were, we would never grow & develop as human beings. If we succeed, we are envied;… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Knowledge itself is a neutral tool that can be used for good or evil. Wisdom, in contrast, always directs us toward happiness.… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Why doesn't constant trampling defeat the dandelion? The key to its strength is its long and sturdy root, which extends deep into… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Genuine sincerity opens people's hearts, while manipulation causes them to close. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
All people have a natural desire to be needed, to have their importance to others tangibly confirmed. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Peace will be realized only by forging bonds of trust between people at the deepest level, in the depths of their very… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
There is no true joy in a life lived closed up in the little shell of the self. When you take one… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Leadership that exploits and sacrifices young people on the altar of its goals is nothing more than raw, demonic power. Genuine leadership… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Since ancient times, people from throughout Asia have brought to Japan their talents, knowledge and energy, helping to lay the basis for… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
The differences between people need not act as barriers that wound, harm and drive us apart. Rather, these very differences among cultures… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Ideal love is fostered only between two sincere, mature and independent people. Real love is not two people clinging to each other;… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
The crucial thing is to arouse the awareness that as a matter of human conscience we can never permit the people of… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Music speaks directly to the heart. This response, this echo within the heart, is proof that human hearts can transcend the barriers… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
True love should be transformative; a process that amplifies our capacity to cherish not just one person but all people. It can… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
People who are rooted in the here and now, who are not defeated by their limitations, who don’t compare themselves to others,… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Dialogue and education for peace can help free our hearts from the impulse toward intolerance and the rejection of others. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Prayer is the way to destroy all fear. It is the way to banish sorrow, the way to light a torch of hope. It… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
The differences between people need not act as barriers that wound, harm and drive us apart. Rather, these very differences among cultures and civilizations… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
A sense of being part of the great all-inclusive life prompts us to reflect on our own place and on how we ought to… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
I believe that a culture of peace must be the essential foundation of our efforts for peace. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
Come on obstacles! I've been expecting you! This is the chance that I've been waiting for! — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
Like the ocean that remains calm in its depths even when waves rage over its surface, and like the sun that continues shining on… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
Never be shaken, no matter what happens or what others may say. Never be flustered; never lose confidence. This is the way we should… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
What our world most requires now is the kind of education that foster love for humankind, that develops character-that provides an intellectual basis for… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
“Human wisdom has advanced to the point where man can construct satellites. And yet man in his wisdom cannot find a way to rescue… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
Men and women who know the brutal reality of war, who know that war strips people of their very humanity, must unite in a… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
Life can unfold unlimitedly as long as we have a heart of appreciation and an undefeated mind. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
Humanity's collective mission in the cosmos lies in the practice of compassion. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
