"I have for some time urged that a nuclear abolition summit to mark the effective end of the nuclear era be convened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of those cities, with the participation of national leaders and representatives of global civil society."

"We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history."

"Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness?"

"In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations."

"A dream nurtured by daily toil will inevitably outshine a wish born of idle hope. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

"What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know."

"If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize."

"A dream nurtured by daily toil will inevitably outshine a wish born of idle hope. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."