May 18th

The power to change the tracks of human history hinges on the confluence of women who protect precious life, and who patiently raise and nurture it based on their wisdom and compassion. The power of motherhood far surpasses the power of authority.

- Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese text:
一番大切な生命を守り育みゆく、女性の知恵と慈悲の結集にこそ、人類史の転換は託されている。
偉大なる母性の力は、権力にも勝る。

ICHIBAN TAISETSU NA SEIMEI O MAMORI HAGUKUMIYUKU, JOSEI NO CHIE TO JIHI NO KESSHU NI KOSO, JINRUISHI NO TENKAN WA TAKUSARETE IRU. IDAI NARU BOSEI NO CHIKARA WA, KENRYOKU NI MO MASARU.

(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 153)