A commitment to human rights cannot be fostered simply through the transmission of knowledge. Action and experience play a crucial role in the learning process.


Daisaku Ikeda

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With love and patience, nothing is impossible. -Daisaku Ikeda.
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A lamp cannot play the role of the Sun and the Sun cannot play the role of a lamp.
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You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.
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The crucial variable in the process of turning knowledge into value is creativity.
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If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever.
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That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE.
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Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun...
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Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté.
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So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them.
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no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop...
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I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting.
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Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad.
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building reconciliation between ethnic groups, issues of human rights, more tolerance and commitment...
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Art is where tools do not play a crucial role.
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Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over
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This life is a process of learning.
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Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different.
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Well, you can't know it without something having been sneezed.
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Even longer,' Pooh answered.”
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We begin to fight. The wind and I. Horns locked. Battling each other with elements.
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Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full.
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A transmission, which cannot be completely ruled out, would only be possible through very intimate c...
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Knowledge causes depression and a lot of pressure.
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Be curious, question everything and find out how things work and why
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Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty.
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How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.
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Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature cannot be changed.
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The only perspective is to really be there.
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Play the role as a human being... human beings are three-dimensional.
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The conquest of learning is achieved through the knowledge of languages.
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