Rie Qudan

“There's simply no rational basis for blaming someone's criminality on their personality or lack of willpower. A gaping chasm has arisen between words and reality. If anyone deserves to be labeled guilty or hasty in their judgment, it is the people who, believing it themselves to be superior members of the human race, chose to orchestrate criminals as a group. If you really are the level-headed, intelligent,“good”person you claim to be, you should be able to find genuine compassion and respect for those who grew up in circumstances different to your own. In fact, for us Homo Felix—those born into the privilege of happiness, isn't sympathizing with such people a matter of duty? This is the conclusion that my 30 years of studying human happiness has led me to. And I couldn't be more certain of it.
All life born into this world, regardless of its circumstances, is equally precious. I wanna see a world in which everyone is allotted an equal share of moments in which they can say to themselves, in all honesty, that they are glad to have been born. That is my one real wish.”
― Rie Qudan, Sympathy Tower Tokyo