“The real essence and practice of humanism is found in heartfelt, one-to-one dialogue.Be itsummit diplomacyorthevarious interactions of private citizens in different lands, genuine dialogue has the kind of intensity described by the great twentieth-century humanist and philosopher Martin Buber as an encounter ‘on the narrow ridge’ in which the slightest inattention could result in a precipitous fall.Dialogue is indeed this kind of intense, high-risk encounter.”
– Daisaku Ikeda [submitted by Chris Smith]
