Daisaku Ikeda Quotes - Page 9

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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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  Cosmos, Divorced, Fragmented

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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.

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  Commitment, Play, Rights

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• Salute to the Smiling Faces of the 21st Century.

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  Buddhist, Faces, Century

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• There are some among the so-called elite who are overbearing and arrogant. I want to foster leaders, not elitists.

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  Leader, Arrogant, Want

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• The crucial thing is to arouse the awareness that as a matter of human conscience we can never permit the people of any country to fall victim to nuclear weapons, and for each individual to express their refusal to continue living in the shadow of the threat they pose.

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  Country, Fall, People

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• Faced with stress, too many people feel they have nowhere to turn to, that they don't have access to the kind of friendships or communities where they can easily and openly share their problems and worries.

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  Stress, People, Worry

  Daisaku Ikeda (2017). “Hope Is a Decision: Selected Essays”, p.34, Middleway Press

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• 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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  War, People, Depth

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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.

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  Children, Cutting, Reality

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• I believe that a culture of peace must be the essential foundation of our efforts for peace.

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  Believe, Effort, Foundation

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• Hopes, dreams, faith and a sense of mission enable us to open up our lives.

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  Dream, Hopeful, Missions

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• You must not for one moment give up the effort to build up new lives for yourself.

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  Giving Up, Motivation, Effort

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• 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.

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  Character, Reflection, Views

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• It is by fighting and triumphing over the enemies of the Buddha that we ourselves become Buddhas.

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  Happiness, Fighting, Enemy

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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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  Past, Historical, Pawns

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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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  Opportunity, Order, Dignity

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• It is crucial that we develop real awareness of ourselves as citizens of Earth, linked by mutual and indissoluble bonds. When we clearly recognize this reality and ground ourselves in it, we are compelled to take a strict accounting of our way of life.

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  Real, Way, Citizens

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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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  Humane Way, Rights, People

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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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  Country, Isolation

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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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  People, Desire, Natural

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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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  Expression, Democracy, Transition

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• 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.

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  Sacrifice, Way Forward, People

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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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  War, Differences, Community

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• 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.

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  Eye, Unique, Humanity

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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.

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  Moving, Political, Vision

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• Buddhism holds that everything is in constant flux. Thus the question is whether we are to accept change passively and be swept away by it or whether we are to take the lead and create positive changes on our own initiative. While conservatism and self-protection might be likened to winter, night, and death, the spirit of pioneering and attempting to realize ideals evokes images of spring, morning, and birth.

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  Buddhist, Morning, Spring

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