Since ancient times, people from throughout Asia have brought to Japan their talents, knowledge and energy, helping to lay the basis for Japan's existence as a country.
Hopes, dreams, faith and a sense of mission enable us to open up our lives.
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.
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.
It is by fighting and triumphing over the enemies of the Buddha that we ourselves become Buddhas.
One cannot, without reflection, make some into bearers of goodness and others into miscreants, judging them by relative positive or negative criteria. These, like everything else, change according to historical circumstances, the character of a society, the time and subjective points of view.
You must not for one moment give up the effort to build up new lives for yourself.
I believe that a culture of peace must be the essential foundation of our efforts for peace.
The reactions of the human heart are not mechanical and predictable but infinitely subtle and delicate.
The economy is after all driven by people. No matter how dire the situation may be, as long as people are firm, a turnaround, revival and progress can be possible.
Peace will be realized only by forging bonds of trust between people at the deepest level, in the depths of their very lives.
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