Rise to the challenges that life presents you. You can't develop genuine character and ability by sidestepping adversity and struggle. — 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
Youthfulness is not determined by age. It is determined by one's life force. One who possesses hope is forever young. One who… — 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
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
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
The experience of losing a loved one impels us toward a deeper understanding of life. Everyone fears and is saddened by death.… — 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
If you summon your courage to challenge something, you’ll never be left with regret. How sad it is to spend your life… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
What is defeat in life? It is not merely making a mistake; defeat means giving up on yourself in the midst of… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Life is the blossoming of flowers in the spring, the ripening of fruit in the fall, the rhythm of the earth and… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Life is filled with potential that is truly unfathomable. At last we are coming to see the enormous power it possesses. That… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
The profound unity of subjective existence and objective environment leads naturally to the idea that the life-force of one human being can… — 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
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
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
There is no true joy in a life lived closed up in the little shell of the self. When you take one… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Culture is an elevated expression of the inner voice which the different peoples of the Earth have heard in the depths of… — 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
