Daisaku Ikeda Quotes

Rather than turning away from the staggering scale and depth of misery caused by war, we must strive to develop our capacity to empathize and feel the sufferings of others.

Daisaku Ikeda

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: japanese
  • Birth: January 2, 1928

Topics

WarFeelOthersStriveDepthMisery

I'm an average person.

Jim Hodges

PersonAverageAverage Person

There's so much of our behavior that kind of curdles and hardens as we get into adulthood, and it becomes so much more difficult to be hopeful and to dream extravagantly.

Jenny Zhang

BehaviorDreamKindMoreDifficult

The biggest adventure is to move into an area in which you are not an expert. Sometimes I joke that I am not interested in doing re-search, only search.

Andre Geim

AdventureI AmSearchDoingYou

A lot of progressives really believe that if we can turn out one more white paper with bullet points about how to fix Problem X, we can fix it. But that's not primarily the way you reach people or move them. You reach the heart first.

Robert Greenwald

HeartPeopleBelieveReachProblem

Living in New York, you get a lot of confidence; when I go back to Michigan, I realise how obnoxious and demanding and straightforward I am.

Angel Haze

ConfidenceI AmNew YorkYouBack

A black suit can be classic and timeless and certainly for most occasions. But remember, it's not so much the color of suit as it is about the fit, cut, style, and, of course, attitude you have when wearing it.

John Varvatos

AttitudeStyleColorBlackRemember

People forget that boxing is the art of self-defence - ideally, hit and not be hit - and maybe we should all think about that a bit more.

Amir Khan

ArtPeopleThinkBoxingForgetMore

When I decided I wanted to be an actor in high school, I really went into improv. I took classes at The Groundlings. I studied acting. Did sketch comedy in L.A.

Simon Helberg

SchoolHigh SchoolComedyActingDid

If the day gets really bad, I can always pull out fan mail. Who else gets mail where kids write to you and say, 'Dear Mr. Scieszka, we were supposed to write to our favorite author, but Roald Dahl is dead. So I'm writing to you.'

Jon Scieszka

DayWritingYouBadI CanSay

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

Democritus

TrustMenSillyWorthMarkPrudence

I was going to study business administration at Florida A&M, at the height of Reaganomics.

Dee Rees

BusinessHeightStudyFloridaGoing

Everybody has their own desires.

Chauncey Billups

OwnEverybodyDesires

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