Daisaku Ikeda Quotes About Peace

Quotes about: Peace

• Nothing is more precious than peace. Peace is the most basic starting point for the advancement of humankind.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Peace, Humanity, Advancement

• A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Life, Single, Peace

• it is impossible to build one's own happiness on the unhappiness of others. This perspective is at the heart of Buddhist teachings.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Karma, Peace, Buddhist

• Leave behind the passive dreaming of a rose-tinted future. The energy of happiness exists in living today with roots sunk firmly in reality's soil.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Karma, Dream, Peace

• Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Inspirational, Peace, Giving Up

• Life is painful. It has thorns, like the stem of a rose. Culture and art are the roses that bloom on the stem. The flower is yourself, your humanity. Art is the liberation of the humanity inside yourself.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Karma, Art, Peace

• The institutions of human society treat us as parts of a machine. They assign us ranks and place considerable pressure upon us to fulfill defined roles. We need something to help us restore our lost and distorted humanity. Each of us has feelings that have been suppressed and have built up inside. There is a voiceless cry resting in the depths of our souls, waiting for expression. Art gives the soul's feelings voice and form.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Karma, Art, Peace

• Culture is an elevated expression of the inner voice which the different peoples of the Earth have heard in the depths of their being, a voice which conveys the vibrant compassion and wisdom of the cosmic life. For different cultures to engage in interaction is to catalyze each other's souls and foster mutual understanding.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Karma, Peace, Compassion

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