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Daisaku Ikeda Quotes

Japanese - Writer | January 2, 1928 -

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

Work Nature Progress Democracy Think

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

Future Knowledge Vision Past Healthy

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.

Knowledge People Energy Country Asia

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.

Life People Impossible Poverty Way

The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.

Wisdom Experience People Society

The effects of human rights education can be dramatic in awakening people to the value and power of their own lives, as shown in the following stories.

Education Power Value People Human

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.

Education Daily Truth School Genuine

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.

Transformation Reality Behavior Will

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

Believe Feelings Defeat I Believe

Humanity has experienced many revolutionary changes over the course of history: revolutions in agriculture, in science, industrial production, as well as numerous political revolutions. But these have all been limited to the external aspects of our individual and collective lives.

Science History Political Humanity

Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness?

Nature Failure Happiness Result Goal

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.

Opportunity Aging Problems Present

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