We must take steps to prevent further nuclear weapons development or modernization.

Divorced from the cosmos, from nature, from society and from each other, we have become fractured and fragmented.

Rather than becoming discouraged, know that encountering a wall is proof of the progress that you have made so far.

No matter what our personal circumstances may be, if we ourselves become a source of light, then there will be no darkness in the world.

The course of our lives is determined by how we react--what we decide and what we do--at the darkest of times. The nature of that response determines a person's true worth and greatness.

Even places that have been shrouded in darkness for billions of years can be illuminated. Even a stone from the bottom of a river can be used to produce fire. Our present sufferings, no matter how dark, have certainly not continued for billions of years--nor will they linger forever. The sun will definitely rise. In fact, its ascent has already begun.

It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is a truth that is not limited to school education: it applies to all of us.