Daisaku Ikeda
Daisaku Ikeda
Daisaku Ikedais a Buddhist philosopher, educator, author, and anti-nuclear activist. He served as the third president of the Soka Gakkai, the largest of Japan's new religious movements. Ikeda is the founding president of the Soka Gakkai International, the world's largest Buddhist lay organization, with approximately 12 million practitioners in 192 countries and regions...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth2 January 1928
CountryJapan
Daisaku Ikeda quotes about
character reflection views
One cannot, without reflection, make some into bearers of goodness and others into miscreants, judging them by relative positive or negative criteria. These, like everything else, change according to historical circumstances, the character of a society, the time and subjective points of view.
return prime ifs
If you become deadlocked,return to the prime point.
greatest-treasure treasure no-hope
Hope is life's greatest treasure. If you have no hope, create some!
mean creating mad
Instead of engaging in cutthroat competition, we should strive to create value. In economic terms, this means a transition from a consumer economy - the mad rush for ownership and consumption - to a constructive economy where all human beings can participate in the act of creating lasting worth.
results worst circumstances
Human beings are inherently endowed with the power to bring out the best possible results from the worst possible circumstances.
art perfect effort
Great art is created only through diligent and painstaking effort to perfect and polish oneself.
dream giving-up heart
"Those who give up dreams, do injury to their own hearts and cannot possibly enjoy a profound sense of fulfillment in the end.
beautiful forever age
Youthfulness is not determined by age. It is determined by one's life force. One who possesses hope is forever young. One who continually advances is forever beautiful.
people long progress
The economy is after all driven by people. No matter how dire the situation may be, as long as people are firm, a turnaround, revival and progress can be possible.
long use turns
Buhhdism is wisdom. As long as we have wisdom, we can put all things to the best use, we can turn everything in the direction of happiness.
desire gratification
The gratification of desire is not happiness.
friends good-friend people
Ultimately, the only way to make good friends is to become a good friend yourself. Good people gather around other good people.
bigger-and-better grows humans
I can do more. I can grow. I can become a bigger and better human being.
winning night victory
The darker the night, the nearer the dawn. Victory in life is decided by that last concentrated burst of energy filled with the resolve to win.