Daily Encouragement

A selection of quotes from Daisaku Ikeda’s published works on inspiration for daily living.

November 17

To end the human institution of war, to relegate it to history with such barbarous practices as slavery―at one time also considered natural, inevitable, "part of human nature"―we must establish respect for the inviolable dignity of human life as the core value of our age.

From an essay, “The Power of Empathy,” in Embracing the Future, published by The Japan Times.