The institutions of human society treat us as parts of a machine. They assign us ranks and place considerable pressure upon us to fulfill defined roles. We need something to help us restore our lost and distorted humanity. Each of us has feelings that have been suppressed and have built up inside. There is a voiceless cry resting in the depths of our souls, waiting for expression. Art gives the soul's feelings voice and form.
Daisaku IkedaA person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.
Daisaku IkedaLeave behind the passive dreaming of a rose-tinted future. The energy of happiness exists in living today with roots sunk firmly in reality's soil.
Daisaku IkedaPeace will be realized only by forging bonds of trust between people at the deepest level, in the depths of their very lives.
Daisaku IkedaAll people have a natural desire to be needed, to have their importance to others tangibly confirmed.
Daisaku Ikeda