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We are responsible for our own destiny. What matters is how we improve ourselves from this moment forward.

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
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The heart is what is important. There is nothing more vulnerable, nothing more corruptible than the human mind nor is there anything as powerful, steadfast and ennobling.
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A healthy vision of the future is not possible without an accurate knowledge of the past.
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So long as human history continues, we will face the perennial challenge of realizing, maintaining and strengthening peace through dialogue, of making dialogue the sure and certain path to peace. We must uphold and proclaim this conviction without cease, whatever coldly knowing smiles or cynical critiques may greet us.
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To possess both wisdom and compassion is the heart of our human revolution. If you have wisdom alone and lack compassion, it will be a cold, perverse wisdom. If you have compassion alone and lack wisdom, you cannot give happiness to others. You are even likely to lead them in the wrong direction, and you won't be able to achieve your own happiness.
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it is impossible to build one's own happiness on the unhappiness of others. This perspective is at the heart of Buddhist teachings.
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The moment you resolve to be victorious, every nerve and fiber in your being will immediately orient itself toward your success.
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In most cases, our so-called limitations are nothing more than our own decision to limit ourselves.
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Just as cherry, plum, peach and damson blossoms all possess their own unique qualities, each person is unique. We cannot become someone else. The important thing is that we live true to ourselves and cause the great flower of our lives to blossom.
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Have the depth of faith to regard everything as a source for creating happiness and value.
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Whatever your circumstances, whatever your past, the forces that determine your future are nowhere but within your own heart and mind. It is here that the star of your destiny shines.
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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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Anyone who has ever made a resolution discovers that the strength of their determination fades with time. The important thing is not that your resolve never wavers, but that you don't get down on yourself when it does and throw in the towel.
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Hopes, dreams, faith and a sense of mission enable us to open up our lives.
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Come on obstacles! I've been expecting you! This is the chance that I've been waiting for!
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Those who always have a sense of appreciation and gratitude never reach an impasse in life.
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Within the heart of every person exists the flame of wisdom that transforms all suffering into kindling for the fire of creative energy.
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Hope changes everything. It changes winter into summer, darkness into dawn, descent into ascent, barrenness into creativity, agony into joy.
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What our world most requires now is the kind of education that foster love for humankind, that develops character-that provides an intellectual basis for realization of peace and empowers learners to contribute to and improve society.
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I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind.
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Peace will be realized only by forging bonds of trust between people at the deepest level, in the depths of their very lives.
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