The person who lives life fully, glowing with life’s energy, is the person who lives a successful life. — 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
Within the heart of every person exists the flame of wisdom that transforms all suffering into kindling for the fire of creative… — 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
The eyes of a poet discover in each person a unique and irreplaceable humanity. While arrogant intellect seeks to control and manipulate… — 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
Just as cherry, plum, peach and damson blossoms all possess their own unique qualities, each person is unique. We cannot become someone… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
A person who respects others is respected by others in return. Those who treat others with compassion and concern are protected and… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
As long as we are human, we are destined to make mistakes. We all fall prey to flawed beliefs and views. What… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
The misfortune of others is our misfortune. Our happiness is the happiness of others. To see ourselves in others and feel an… — 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
True love should be transformative; a process that amplifies our capacity to cherish not just one person but all people. It can… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
A person's true nature is revealed at times of the greatest adversity. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
A person fully awakened to the jewel-like dignity of their own life is capable of truly respecting that same treasure in others. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Happiness does not exist as an isolated quality, nor does it conform to a single fixed pattern. Happiness is something that breathes… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
What we need most is to restore and revive our humanity. We must create a society where people can live with dignity,… — 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
