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“Our shared duty is to seek common values shared by humankind which are intertwined into the global geo-economics and geopolitics. However, geo-economics and geopolitics have no sense without true love. Without true love, it becomes a mere race for power.”
“The meetings this time will be useful in furthering the cooperation of government leaders, religious leaders, women leaders, civil society leaders and the media to share experiences and learn new innovations for human development. Buddha promoted the teachings of Morality, Meditation and Wisdom particularly. Development of society and culture, based on ethics and virtue, leads to peace.”
“It is my great privilege to stand before you this evening and humbly accept the 2020 Sunhak Peace Prize. I’m incredibly grateful for this esteemed honor, and it is quite meaningful to follow in the footsteps of the previous luminary awardees you have bestowed this honor upon.”
“The vision of a peaceful life together is the central message of every religion and is integral to the mission of every religious community. This is the reason I call on all religious leaders to raise their voices prophetically for peace based on justice and to speak boldly against the wave of hatred and oppression making its way across the globe today.”
“[I]n these times of havoc and uncertainty, no task is more urgent than to promote dialogue in order to ease tensions and foster mutual understanding. We also have to advocate the peaceful coexistence of people.”
“As the Eurasian Council for International Cooperation and Security (ECCS) develops and takes on a formal structure, it will become a venue to encourage economic growth, promote tourism and impart to nations and the region a renewed hope for sustainable peace and development.”
“Strengthening the peace of the countries in the two continents within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union, through mutually beneficial economic cooperation with a scientific basis, would dramatically improve the standard of living of the people of each country. Also, natural resources will be circulated and the population would be provided with healthy, ecologically pure food, and everyone will have long lives and live wealthy in a healthy environment as well.”
“Timor-Leste believes that genuine dialogue between the parties involved can contribute to enhancing mutual trust, thereby decreasing the tension and paving the way for a peaceful solution.”
“By holding individual spiritual and moral values, universal and human values, by ensuring human rights and by cooperation, I am sure we can achieve our vision of a peaceful world.”
“Let us move forward, realizing the opportunity presented to us to build and develop concrete plans of action for the common good of all humankind—one family under God.”
“The idea whose time has come is that peace can come only by way of forgiveness.”
“The only way to improve moral quality and avoid disasters is to raise up the intrinsic awareness inherent in every human being.”