The place where you are now is vital. The path toward victory opens from where you stand. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Patience is, in and of itself, a great challenge and it often holds the key to breaking through a seeming impasse. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Leave behind the passive dreaming of a rose-tinted future. The energy of happiness exists in living today with roots sunk firmly in… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Those who always have a sense of appreciation and gratitude never reach an impasse in life. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
We are responsible for our own destiny. What matters is how we improve ourselves from this moment forward. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
It is by fighting and triumphing over the enemies of the Buddha that we ourselves become Buddhas. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the face of any obstacle. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
“Present effects are due to karmic causes from the past. However, future effects arise from the causes we make in the present.… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
“A great human revolution in just a single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a nation and, further,… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Let us give something to each person we meet: joy, courage, hope, assurance, or philosophy, wisdom, a vision for the future. Let… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
“The willingness to challenge hardships taps the power within human beings to transform even a place of tragedy into a stage for… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Life is painful. It has thorns, like the stem of a rose. Culture and art are the roses that bloom on the… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
“Become like the sun. If you do so, all darkness will be dispelled. No matter what happens, live confidently with the conviction… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Hopes, dreams, faith and a sense of mission enable us to open up our lives. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Envying another's beauty will diminish your own. But when you praise beauty in others your own beauty deepens. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
What may look like a small act of courage is courage nevertheless. The important thing is to be willing to take a… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Dialogue and education for peace can help free our hearts from the impulse toward intolerance and the rejection of others. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
Prayer is the way to destroy all fear. It is the way to banish sorrow, the way to light a torch of hope. It… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
The differences between people need not act as barriers that wound, harm and drive us apart. Rather, these very differences among cultures and civilizations… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
A sense of being part of the great all-inclusive life prompts us to reflect on our own place and on how we ought to… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
I believe that a culture of peace must be the essential foundation of our efforts for peace. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
Come on obstacles! I've been expecting you! This is the chance that I've been waiting for! — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
Like the ocean that remains calm in its depths even when waves rage over its surface, and like the sun that continues shining on… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
Never be shaken, no matter what happens or what others may say. Never be flustered; never lose confidence. This is the way we should… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
What our world most requires now is the kind of education that foster love for humankind, that develops character-that provides an intellectual basis for… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
“Human wisdom has advanced to the point where man can construct satellites. And yet man in his wisdom cannot find a way to rescue… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
Men and women who know the brutal reality of war, who know that war strips people of their very humanity, must unite in a… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
Life can unfold unlimitedly as long as we have a heart of appreciation and an undefeated mind. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
Humanity's collective mission in the cosmos lies in the practice of compassion. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share
