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Dialogue starts from the courageous willingness to know and be known by others. It is the painstaking and persistent effort to remove all obstacles that obscure our common humanity.
Daisaku Ikeda
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Daisaku Ikeda
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: January 2
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City of Tokyo
Dazuo Chitian
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