The person who lives life fully, glowing with life’s energy, is the person who lives a successful life. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Life can unfold unlimitedly as long as we have a heart of appreciation and an undefeated mind. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
You must not for one moment give up the effort to build up new lives for yourself. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Every war, when viewed from the undistorted perspective of life’s sanctity, is a “civil war” waged by humanity against itself. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
If we look at the world with a love of life, the world will reveal its beauty to us. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
“You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves.” — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
We have both a weak self and a strong self; the two are completely different. If we allow our weak side to… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
The course of our lives is determined by how we react--what we decide and what we do--at the darkest of times. The… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
You will pass through storms and heavy rains, and at times you will suffer defeat. The essence of the creative life, however,… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
People can only live fully by helping others to live. When you give life to friends you truly live. Cultures can only… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
The darker the night, the nearer the dawn. Victory in life is decided by that last concentrated burst of energy filled with… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
The greatest tragedy in life is not to die, it is to live as if dead, to let the life within us… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Poems and songs penned as an unstoppable outpouring of the heart take on a life of their own. They transcend the limits… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Adversity gives birth to greatness. The greater the challenges and difficulties we face, the greater the opportunity we have to grow and… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
In life when we feel we have reached a limit, that is when the true battle begins. Just when you despair and… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Like the ocean that remains calm in its depths even when waves rage over its surface, and like the sun that continues… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Life isn't always smooth. If it were, we would never grow & develop as human beings. If we succeed, we are envied;… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
How aware are we of our own inner life, our spirituality-something so intangible yet so priceless? How much effort do we make… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
When we care for others our own strength to live increases. When we help people expand their state of life, our lives… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
A sense of being part of the great all-inclusive life prompts us to reflect on our own place and on how we… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Our voice resonates with life. Because this is so, it can touch the lives of others. The caring and compassion imbued in… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Many things happen in life. There are joyous days and times of suffering. Sometimes unpleasant things occur. But that's what makes life… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Faith and daily life, faith and work-these are not separate things. They are one and the same. To think of them as… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
What matters is the value we’ve created in our lives, the people we’ve made happy and how much we’ve grown as people. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Hope is the sun. It is light. It is passion. It is the fundamental force for life's blossoming. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Often the biggest obstacle in meeting life’s challenges is actually our own fear of failure. — 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
The Earth never ceases to spin. All life is dancing : The trees, the wind, the sea. Keep dancing for the rest… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
It is senseless to blame others or your environment for your miseries. Change begins from the moment you muster the courage to… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
A truley heroic way of life lies in squarely confronting and courageously overcoming the pounding vicissitudes that life always throws in our… — 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
You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Take heart, and do not let disappointment or shame stop you from moving forward. The true outcome of life is only apparent… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Extreme poverty threatens people's right to life itself and makes impossible the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms essential to a humane… — 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
Everything begins with the resolve to take the first step. From that action, wisdom arises and change begins. Without action, nothing changes. — 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
