33 Daisaku Ikeda Quotes for You to Enjoy

Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese Writer

Born: Jan 2, 1928

History Knowledge Life People Rights Society

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There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart. Daisaku Ikeda

Hope Heart Courage Compassion Accident Destroy Highest Disaster Qualities Greater Tragic Than Human Human Qualities Even Treasures

Genuine happiness can only be achieved when we transform our way of life from the unthinking pursuit of pleasure to one committed to enriching our inner lives, when we focus on 'being more' rather than simply having more. Daisaku Ikeda

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. Daisaku Ikeda

Hope Moving Forward Suffering Light Tomorrow Own Energy Action Others Oneself Takes New Transformed Moving Forward Keep Illuminating

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. Daisaku Ikeda

Life Work Family Women Natural Focus Demanding Sense Relationships Givers Through Develop Empathy Protecting Underlying Women Are Family Life Human Children Realities Cuts Engagement View Deep Human Relationships Raising Raising Children

The determination to win is the better part of winning. Daisaku Ikeda

Determination Win Better Winning Part

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. Daisaku Ikeda

A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy. Daisaku Ikeda

Happy Others Rendered Genuinely Person Happy Person Who

Human rights will be a powerful force for the transformation of reality when they are not simply understood as externally defined norms of behavior but are lived as the spontaneous manifestation of internalized values. Daisaku Ikeda

Rights Reality Behavior Will Values Transformation Human Rights Defined Simply Powerful Powerful Force Spontaneous Force Understood Norms Human Manifestation Lived

A healthy vision of the future is not possible without an accurate knowledge of the past. Daisaku Ikeda

Future Knowledge Vision Healthy Past Possible Without Accurate

It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is a truth that is not limited to school education: it applies to all of us. Daisaku Ikeda

Education Truth Daily Challenges Rights School Human Rights Inculcated Only Struggles Through Genuine Limited Human Sensitivity Us

The reactions of the human heart are not mechanical and predictable but infinitely subtle and delicate. Daisaku Ikeda

Heart Human Heart Delicate Reactions Infinitely Human Subtle Predictable Mechanical

The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various causes and conditions. Daisaku Ikeda

All Things Mutual Various Through Buddhism Idea Come Causes Conditions Being Interactions Holds Interdependence Which Central Things

No one should be left to suffer alone. Daisaku Ikeda

Alone No-One Left Should Suffer

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. Daisaku Ikeda

War Peace Women Reality Humanity People Men Men And Women Strips Must Brutal New Global Know Partnership Very Who Unite

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. Daisaku Ikeda

Wisdom History Result First Differences International Relations Resolve Relations Local Our Negotiate Evidence Diplomatic Impasse Examples Tragic Human Whether Capacities Communicative Skillful Use Communities Wars International Filled Human Wisdom

When human beings live together, conflict is inevitable. War is not. Daisaku Ikeda

War Together Conflict Inevitable Live Human Human Beings Beings

The gratification of desire is not happiness. Daisaku Ikeda

Happiness Gratification Desire

But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. Daisaku Ikeda

Work Nature Democracy Progress Remember Incomplete Think Everywhere Need

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. Daisaku Ikeda

Knowledge Rights Learning Commitment Experience Action Human Rights Through Crucial Simply Learning Process Role Human Cannot Process Transmission Fostered Play

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. Daisaku Ikeda

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. Daisaku Ikeda

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We must take steps to prevent further nuclear weapons development or modernization. Daisaku Ikeda

Further Must Weapons Prevent Take Development Steps Modernization Nuclear Nuclear Weapons

But I believe we must not allow feelings of defeat to take root in our hearts. Daisaku Ikeda

Feelings Believe Defeat Our Must Take Allow Hearts Root

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