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Increase your joy by doing the good you wish to have done to you.

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
Good
Increase
Joy
Wish
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It is precisely when we have suffered defeat that we can determine to win and open the path to future victory.
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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.
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The course of our lives is determined by how we react--what we decide and what we do--at the darkest of times. The nature of that response determines a person's true worth and greatness.
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If we look at the world with a love of life, the world will reveal its beauty to us.
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The power of art can break the shackles that bind and divide human beings.
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In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations.
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Great art is created only through diligent and painstaking effort to perfect and polish oneself.
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Leadership that exploits and sacrifices young people on the altar of its goals is nothing more than raw, demonic power. Genuine leadership is found in ceaseless efforts to foster young people, to pave the way forward for them.
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People who are rooted in the here and now, who are not defeated by their limitations, who don’t compare themselves to others, who confidently advance along their chosen path-such people are happy, such people are truly great.
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Rise to the challenges that life presents you. You can't develop genuine character and ability by sidestepping adversity and struggle.
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Nothing is more precious than peace. Peace is the most basic starting point for the advancement of humankind.
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If you lose today, win tomorrow. In this never-ending spirit of challenge is found the heart of a victor.
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Divorced from the cosmos, from nature, from society and from each other, we have become fractured and fragmented.
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People can only live fully by helping others to live. When you give life to friends you truly live. Cultures can only realize their further richness by honoring other traditions. And only by respecting natural life can humanity continue to exist.
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What may look like a small act of courage is courage nevertheless. The important thing is to be willing to take a step forward.
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