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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

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Daisaku Ikeda
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: January 2
Philosopher
Poet
President
Writer
City of Tokyo
Dazuo Chitian
Ta-tso Chʻih-tʻien
Dream
Behind
Karma
Today
Leave
Soil
Happiness
Buddhism
Future
Exists
Tinted
Peace
Rose
Sunk
Living
Roots
Firmly
Energy
Destiny
Dreaming
Reality
Behinds
Passive

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