"Have the depth of faith to regard everything as a source for creating happiness and value."
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Daisaku Ikeda quotes (page 11 of 12)
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"Buhhdism is wisdom. As long as we have wisdom, we can put all things to the best use, we can turn everything in the direction of happiness."
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"The reactions of the human heart are not mechanical and predictable but infinitely subtle and delicate."
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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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"Great art is created only through diligent and painstaking effort to perfect and polish oneself."
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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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"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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"You must not for one moment give up the effort to build up new lives for yourself."
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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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"Dig beneath your feet, there you will find a spring. The place where you are now is crucial. Never try to avoid that which you must do."
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"Speak out tirelessly with conviction."
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"It is important that we have the inner richness to be able to look up at the stars or the moon and compose a poem once in a while. When we open wide our minds and fix our gaze on the universe, we fix our gaze on our own life."
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"No matter how healthy, intelligent or affluent we may be, if our minds are weak, then our happiness will also be frail and brittle. Our minds of faith, moreover, enable us to bring out the full potential in all things and situations, so it is crucial that we strive to forge our minds of faith."
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"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."
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"Music speaks directly to the heart. This response, this echo within the heart, is proof that human hearts can transcend the barriers of time and space and nationality. Exchanges in the field of culture can play an important role in enabling people to overcome mistrust and prejudice and build peace."
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"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."
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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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"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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"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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"The role of humankind is to use the cultural and social environment it has created to devise new global values.... Human relations with nature are intimately bound up in interpersonal relations and with the relation of the self and its inner life."
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