Our lives Quotes by Daisaku Ikeda

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

Hopes, dreams, faith and a sense of mission enable us to open up our lives.

— Daisaku Ikeda

Just as cherry, plum, peach and damson blossoms all possess their own unique qualities, each person is unique. We cannot become someone…

— Daisaku Ikeda

When we care for others our own strength to live increases. When we help people expand their state of life, our lives…

— Daisaku Ikeda

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

Never be shaken, no matter what happens or what others may say. Never be flustered; never lose confidence. This is the way…

— Daisaku Ikeda

An attitude of compassion does not mean looking down on someone, pitying them in their misery. Compassion is based on respect. We…

— Daisaku Ikeda

By changing our inner state of mind, we can change any suffering or hardship into a source of joy, regarding it as…

— Daisaku Ikeda

The misfortune of others is our misfortune. Our happiness is the happiness of others. To see ourselves in others and feel an…

— Daisaku Ikeda

We should all develop the mind to rejoice in, praise and share in the gift of those who have artistic talents and…

— Daisaku Ikeda

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

We can bring brilliant flowers of victory to bloom in our lives when we weather the hardships of winter and emerge triumphant…

— Daisaku Ikeda

The important thing is to firmly fix our gaze on our own weaknesses, not run away from them, but to battle them…

— Daisaku Ikeda