Where there is an absence of international political leadership, civil society should step in to fill the gap, providing the energy and vision needed to move the world in a new and better direction.
Daisaku Ikeda
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES With love and patience, nothing is impossible. -Daisaku Ikeda. DAISAKU IKEDA What's the difference between people who see and seek gaps and those that see and seek bridges? The ... RICHIE NORTON Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ... E.J. PATTEN Fuel Your Ride with Positive Energy. Having desire, vision, and focus will help you turn your bus in... SUSAN C. YOUNG Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER Don't let any one show you the ropes to the world because usually it will be in the shape of a noose... ANDONI GARCIA Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Now is everything Now is the essence Now is the focus Focus on the now For that ... KAREN HACKEL Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g... SIMI GREWAL There was never a situation where the formal political map was in such disharmony from Israeli civil... YORAM PERI Definitely, this is a step in the wrong direction. It runs counter to the [International Atomic Ener... ANDREI KRIVTSOV A new sense of shared international responsibility is unmistakable in the voices of the United Natio... JOHN CHARLES POLANYI Realize what skills are going to be needed and what the gap is and try to fill that in. LYNN BERGER She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl... IN THE MAKING Wake every morning with the same feeling. Live up high and fly on top of the ceiling. I just know th... ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES It was frustrating to still be in the dark about something and be given only so little light. LAUREN LOLA The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the... MICHAEL HARRIS The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a... JEANETTE CORON Where the gaming world is going - and certainly Activision proved it by hiring me - is being willing... KEVIN SPACEY One must simply take the days of their lives as they happen. If you spend time worrying over what is... R.J. GONZALES Were you there?” She shook her head. “No. I was here in Nain having a child.” �... FRANCINE RIVERS All of the indexes need to reflect the world of the new economy. This is a step in the right directi... FRANK ZARB Your lack of effectiveness, and poor decision making has only led me to conclude that it is now time... JAMES MCLEAN I've told you I don't live and die by the polls. Thus, I will refrain from pointing out that we're n... , IN THE NEW REPUBLIC Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... The passenger liner Ossifar Distana was one of the most luxurious of its kind in space anywhere. It ... CHRISTINA ENGELA I’d wish it were easier to not allow other people’s pasts to create my own present. JONATHAN HARNISCH The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS When President Kennedy was elected, many black Americans, like so many Americans, were captivated by... MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN All that the spider needs to complete its web is step taking ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Life is neither a glorious highlight reel nor a monstrous tragedy. Every day is a good day to live a... KILROY J. OLDSTER Of course, what we are announcing today is not an instant, magical transformation of the energy mark... LORD BROWNE Concentrate your narrative energy on the point of change. This is especially important for historica... HILARY MANTEL A new day is here! yesterday is gone! tomorrow is preparing to come! but why is today here? ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Make every day count... Even when you think it's the worst day of your life; for you never know when... SOLANGE NICOLE Even as we live with the knowledge that each day might be our last, we don’t want to believe it. SHARON SALZBERG We regard terrorism as an evil that threatens the world community. Concerted international effort is... PERVEZ MUSHARRAF Smiling at death seems like a pretty bold act. And so I smile like a damned fool. EMM COLE We need to embrace every day and enjoy it as much as we can. KAREN TODD SCARPULLA The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL In the beginning, there was nothing and from nothing came our species then behold the dawn of music.... GARY F EVANS... We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Write to Say something, Say to Make something, Make to Be something. SHASHIDHAR SA Life is a competition to eliminate fear and doubts to double our life to live better not bitter in t... NAZIM AMBALATH Beautify your breath – beautify your life. AMIT RAY Creativity is not just thinking outside the box but living outside it. VICTOR SHAMAS Every sense is an outlet for the energy of man in a direction that binds him to the objective world. SRI SATHYA SAI BABA I wish the government and the Minister of Justice would address these legal and constitutional argum... STOCKWELL DAY The mark of a real man, is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. But the ... C. JOYBELL C. We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed... JOHN H. GROBERG The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH An emotionally locked person refuses to let go of their sad memories and live in the now. KILROY J. OLDSTER Let me in the wall You've built around We can light a match And burn it down Let... THE CIVIL WARS Everyone always says how I'm so smart, but they don't know what it's like being me. always feeling l... SUSANE COLASANTI How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g... C. JOYBELL C. There is no greater glory than to die for love. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nasti... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. S... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ We fall back into the past, we jump ahead into the future, and in this we lose our entire lives. THICH NHAT HANH I feel so honored to be able to say "What I do is for my son" without that being an excuse to do stu... C. JOYBELL C. In my view, a political vision is not a grab-bag of discrete problems and solutions. It is the visio... ROBERTO UNGER We believe in the vision of 'Make in India,' and our proposed joint venture with Rafael is a... BABA KALYANI If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath. AMIT RAY I think establishing the new position and the new office is a step in the right direction. CRAIG DUNN Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work! DEYTH BANGER To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist. APURVA GAGLANI If we ever put research into what the subconscious is we could probably come to the conclusion that ... GARY F EVANS... China has an almost infinite need for energy, and frankly, the world would be better off if much of ... IQBAL QUADIR There is no future for Tunisia without consensus among political parties and members of civil societ... BEJI CAID ESSEBSI In the beginning it was all black and white. MAUREEN O'HARA They could play an endless game of hide-and -seek in so many rooms and up and down the halls that in... EUDORA WELTY Sometimes, how others look at it must not be how you should see it! Sometimes, how it means to other... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Everybody is somebobdy and I chanllenge anybody to deny it. KATHERINE PATERSON If you are a misfit in one place, you will be a great fit in another. ALAN COHEN You can't make footprints in the sands of time by sitting on your butt. And who wants to leave buttp... BOB MOAWAD until we do what has not yet been done, what has not been done shall remain undone ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself LOIS LOWRY We should be therefore supporting a larger Europe, and in so doing we should strive to expand the zo... ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI Having served in the Nixon Administration, I am well aware of how the political leadership of an adm... FRANK WOLF There are different paths to your destination. Choose your own path. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Racial hatred in America still exists but never was it anything like the time immediately after the ... WILLIAM SILVERMAN The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... NEIL GAIMAN Anything man can make, man can destroy. JONATHAN ANTHONY BURKETT You are an explorer, and you represent our species, and the greatest good you can do is to bring bac... TERENCE MCKENNA The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK To get over the past, you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you r... MANDY HALE When you live in the present, the past is forgotten & the future takes care of itself. MANDY HALE At a time when our party should be providing forward-thinking leadership on energy, it is truly unfo... DAVID JENKINS I have always wished the present to resemble memory: because the present can be flat at times, and b... LYDIA MILLET
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