It is precisely when we have suffered defeat that we can determine to win and open the path to future victory.

With love and patience, nothing is impossible.

Just as cherry, plum, peach and damson blossoms all possess their own unique qualities, each person is unique. We cannot become someone else. The important thing is that we live true to ourselves and cause the great flower of our lives to blossom.

A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.

But I believe we must not allow feelings of defeat to take root in our hearts.

Faced with stress, too many people feel they have nowhere to turn to, that they don't have access to the kind of friendships or communities where they can easily and openly share their problems and worries.

Likewise, education can direct people toward good or evil ends. When education is based on a fundamentally distorted worldview, the results are horrific.