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I have for some time urged that a nuclear abolition summit to mark the effective end of the nuclear era be convened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of those cities, with the participation of national leaders and representatives of global civil society.

~Daisaku Ikeda

Topics: Abolition Anniversary Cities Civil Civil Society Effective End Era Global Hiroshima Leaders Mark Nagasaki National Nuclear Participation Representatives Society Some Summit Those Time Urged

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Genuine happiness can only be achieved when we transform our way of life from the unthinking pursuit of pleasure to one committed to enriching our inner lives, when we focus on 'being more' rather than simply having more.

~Daisaku Ikeda

Topics: Achieved Being Committed Enriching Focus Genuine Happiness Having Inner Life Lives More Only Our Pleasure Pursuit Rather Simply Than Transform Way

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History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use of our communicative capacities to negotiate and resolve differences is the first evidence of human wisdom.

~Daisaku Ikeda

Topics: Capacities Communities Differences Diplomatic Evidence Examples Filled First History Human International International Relations Local Negotiate Our Relations Resolve Result Skillful Tragic Use Wars Whether Wisdom

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No one can live entirely on their own, nor can any country or society exist in isolation.

~Daisaku Ikeda

Topics: Any Country Entirely Exist Isolation Live Nor Own Society

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Poems and songs penned as an unstoppable outpouring of the heart take on a life of their own. They transcend the limits of nationality and time as they pass from person to person, from one heart to another.

~Daisaku Ikeda

Topics: Another Heart Life Limits Nationality Own Pass Person Poems Songs Take Time Transcend Unstoppable

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Human rights will be a powerful force for the transformation of reality when they are not simply understood as externally defined norms of behavior but are lived as the spontaneous manifestation of internalized values.

~Daisaku Ikeda

Topics: Behavior Defined Force Human Human Rights Lived Manifestation Norms Powerful Powerful Force Reality Rights Simply Spontaneous Transformation Understood Values Will

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The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various causes and conditions.

~Daisaku Ikeda

Topics: All Things Being Buddhism Causes Central Come Conditions Holds Idea Interactions Interdependence Mutual Things Through Various Which

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So long as nuclear weapons continue to exist, so will the temptation to threaten others with overwhelming military force.

~Daisaku Ikeda

Topics: Continue Exist Force Long Military Military Force Nuclear Nuclear Weapons Others Overwhelming Temptation Threaten Weapons Will

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A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.

~Daisaku Ikeda

Topics: Genuinely Happy Happy Person Others Person Rendered Who

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Living here on Earth, we breathe the rhythms of a universe that extends infinitely above us. When resonant harmonies arise between this vast outer cosmos and the inner human cosmos, poetry is born.

~Daisaku Ikeda

Topics: Above Arise Between Born Breathe Cosmos Earth Harmonies Here Human Infinitely Inner Living Outer Poetry Rhythms Universe Us Vast

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Biography

Nationality: Japanese

Type: Writer

Born: January 2nd, 1928

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