Sun Myung Moon

Quotes

• “Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life." In order for you yourself to become the way, the truth, and the life, you must embrace the whole universe and bring harmony to it.”
• “If the perfection of men had been fulfilled in the very beginning, then with God and men together in complete harmony, the ideal world of God's love would have prevailed.”
• “You must be a true, eternal, and unchanging person, not an imitation. When your being reflects that standard, you are just that: true and eternal. If you compare yourself to that standard, then you can measure the degree of your genuineness.”
• “After 7,000 biblical years — 6,000 years of restoration history plus the millennium, the time of completion — communism will fall in its 70th year. Here is the meaning of the year 1978. Communism, begun in 1917, could maintain itself approximately 60 years and reach its peak. So 1978 is the border line and afterward communism will decline; in the 70th year it will be altogether ruined. This is true. Therefore, now is the time for people who are studying communism to abandon it.”
• “The time will come, without my seeking it, that my words will almost serve as law. If I ask a certain thing, it will be done. If I don't want something, it will not be done. If I recommend a certain ambassador for a certain country, and then visit that country and that ambassador's office, he will greet me with the red carpet treatment.”
• “Modern war has occurred primarily in the Western culture. Western culture is short-tempered in a sense, always resorting to showdowns with weapons. It originated in the cold North with hunters who killed to eat and then moved on. The tradition of Vikings and pirates is strong in Western culture, and when Western culture moves into a new territory it is accompanied by rifles and guns. You don't like to hear this because you are Westerners, but someone must wake you up.”

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Key facts

Born

Moon Yong-myeong , ( 1920-01-06 ) 6 January 1920, Chongju , Heianhoku-dō , Korea , Empire of Japan (now North Pyongan Province , North Korea)

Died

3 September 2012 (2012-09-03) (aged 92), Gapyeong County , Gyeonggi Province , South Korea

Education

Waseda University

Occupations

Religious leader businessman media mogul political activist

Known for

Founder of the Unification Church and the Washington Times

Spouses

Choi Sun-kil ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1945 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1957 ) ​ Hak Ja Han , ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1960 ) ​

Children

16 , including: In Jin Moon Heung Jin Moon Un Jin Moon Hyun Jin Moon Kook-jin Moon (Justin Moon) Hyung Jin Moon (Sean Moon)

Hangul

문선명

Hanja

文鮮明

Rr

Mun Seonmyeong

Mr

Mun Sŏnmyŏng

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Key dates

Born

25 February 1920

Died

3 September 2012

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

South Korea

Place of birth

North Pyongan Province

Place of death

Gapyeong County

Occupation

writer

Educated at

Waseda University

Languages spoken

English language

Award

Ig Nobel Prize

Official website

www.reverendsunmyungmoon.org

Image

Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han.jpg

Number of children

+14

Said to be same as

Second Coming

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