Words of Wisdom

  • >Words of Wisdom – Daisaku Ikeda

    >The word “character” originated from the Greek words meaning “sculpture” and “impression.” Character, then, could be thought of that which is shaped or etched. It may be true from a medical perspective that our psychological and physiological traits are generally predetermined genetically. Knowing this, however, adds little to our lives. The only issue that matters…

  • >Words of Wisdom-Daisaku Ikeda on Dialogue

    >Without dialogue, humans are fated to walk in the darkness of their own dogmatic self-righteousness. Dialogue is the lamp by which we dispel that darkness, lighting and making visible for each other our steps and the path ahead.

  • >Words of Wisdom

    >The real struggle of the 21st century will not be between civilizations, nor between religions. It will be between violence and nonviolence. It will be between barbarity and civilization in the truest sense of the word. Daiskau Ikeda