Whatever your circumstances, whatever your past, the forces that determine your future are nowhere but within your own heart and mind. It… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Health is not simply the absence of illness. Real health is the will to overcome every form of adversity and use even… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
True happiness means forging a strong spirit that is undefeated, no matter how trying our circumstances. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
One cannot, without reflection, make some into bearers of goodness and others into miscreants, judging them by relative positive or negative criteria.… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Human beings are inherently endowed with the power to bring out the best possible results from the worst possible circumstances. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Reality is harsh. It can be cruel and ugly. Yet no matter how much we grieve over our environment and circumstances nothing… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
When we have a genuine sense that, no matter how difficult our present circumstances, we are not alone-that we are vitally connected… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I believe that a culture of peace must be the essential foundation of our efforts for peace. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Come on obstacles! I've been expecting you! This is the chance that I've been waiting for! — 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 shining on… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
