Tradition

Let us establish the living tradition of history, before which all mankind will kneel down in tears and reverence.

My tradition should shape you, and your tradition should shape the nation. That tradition must be the example which can be followed by this nation and the whole world.

Gather achievements over which your descendants will cry. This is the source of pride.

Let us make it our daily objective to fight for goodness. Let us march forward in the process of this fight, looking toward the glory of victory. We should not rejoice over victory on the individual level. We must be able to struggle beyond the individual to the family, clan, national and worldwide levels.

You may stand aloof while we go up by building a tower from the bottom. But when the tower of sincerity which we build outgrows your own, you necessarily have to come under us.

You must know the direction of the heavenly dispensation. Should you discover that your purpose contradicts God's desire and the objective of this age and history, bury it mercilessly.

Before your blossoming youth passes by, set up a sign of loyalty and filial piety which can be recognized by both heaven and earth.

Let us be the locomotive that pulls the fortune of history.

Even when bleeding at the point of death, never become a descendant of betrayers.

We should not be dominated by money. If we restore people after establishing the tradition of our ideology, then material will naturally follow. Can money alone save a nation? Let us save it by our ideology and tradition.

Let us have the pride which we alone hold since the creation of heaven and earth. Let us establish the tradition which we can be proud of and which will be acknowledged by future generations for thousands and thousands of years.

I am worried lest you should have money before the tradition and foundation are sufficiently established. Is it because I like to see you suffer? No, it isn't. But unless you transcend food, sleep and clothes, you will not be able to restore hell.

If the root is deep, the tree grows large.

You must be one with God's desire, circumstances and heart. You will be destroyed unless you unite with His content, direction and purpose. Just as boils are removed from human skin, you will certainly be destroyed unless you become a good object which is well-connected with the cause.

We should not try to sow the seed of happiness, but the seed of suffering.

Establish traditions as ancestors who are enduring today for the eternal future. New members should inherit the tradition of that path of the cross which older members walked on the family and clan levels, and then should walk the remaining path of national indemnity.

When you have to die, where will it be? In what area will you have established a condition upon your death?

Dedicate everything and rejoice. It is the Principle of Creation that if you become empty in that way, you will be filled. Have you ever imagined what will fill the emptiness which you experience in dedicating even your body? After 33 years of hard suffering, Jesus dedicated his life in utterly difficult circumstances, and upon that empty ground a standard of world salvation was established.

A wise man, even at the point of starvation, does not eat his own piece of bread but gives it to someone else who is in the same situation, thus receiving a reward which will last for a thousand years.

Who can open the door of Heaven's hope? Heaven is searching for a man who has something to say, something to show and something to leave behind him.

Heartfelt tears overcome all corruption and barriers. When such tears are connected with real sweat and blood, the dispensation of restoration will be quickly fulfilled.

"In doing God's work in His place, I am the best servant of all servants (i.e., the representative servant remembered by God), the best adopted son, the best child of all children, and the most faithful member of the Unification Church (the representative member)" You must have this kind of attitude and lifestyle.

The eternal victory of mankind must be such that "Your victory is nothing but my victory."

Establish the highest standard of suffering so that you may show it to others.

We must inherit the thought of tradition. We cannot inherit tradition without inheriting God's internal circumstances.

The main thought of the Unification Church is the establishment of an ideal world. Tradition is needed for this. Generally speaking, he who does not know to love his home town doesn't know to love his nation.

Tradition is not changed by time and circumstances (weathering). The position of a heavenly descendant must absolutely be established. Let us not forget tradition. We have to establish tradition based upon our conscience.

Establish the tradition of mainstream thought. Its source is parental love.

Tradition is needed for the purpose of connecting the beginning and end of a process, but not for the purpose of bearing fruit.

You all have to become exhibits representing the Unification Church.

Freedom is given to those who can preserve the tradition of history. An advanced nation is one which can always maintain its tradition.

However huge a river is, it certainly has a main current, i.e., a head current inside itself.

Today's "I" is an extension of the past, a condensation of the present, and an initiator of the future.

You should rather have the living tradition of your teacher than celebrate his birthday.