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Our Lives Quotes by Daisaku Ikeda
- Just as cherry, plum, peach and damson blossoms all possess their own unique qualities, each person is unique. We cannot become someone else. The important…
- An attitude of compassion does not mean looking down on someone, pitying them in their misery. Compassion is based on respect. We discuss life as…
- Hopes, dreams, faith and a sense of mission enable us to open up our lives.
- Many things happen in life. There are joyous days and times of suffering. Sometimes unpleasant things occur. But that's what makes life so interesting. The…
- 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.
- Never be shaken, no matter what happens or what others may say. Never be flustered; never lose confidence. This is the way we should strive…
- We should all develop the mind to rejoice in, praise and share in the gift of those who have artistic talents and a richness of…
- When we care for others our own strength to live increases. When we help people expand their state of life, our lives also expand. Actions…
- The course of our lives is determined by how we react--what we decide and what we do--at the darkest of times. The nature of that…
- By changing our inner state of mind, we can change any suffering or hardship into a source of joy, regarding it as a means for…
More Our Lives Quotes
- Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. — Richard Bach
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have… — Mary Kay Ash
- I don't think we are going to become extinct. We're very clever and extremely resourceful - and we will find ways of… — David Attenborough
- Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions… — Saint Augustine
- Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens, install picture… — Diane Ackerman
- There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I… — George Matthew Adams
- When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives. — Ezra Taft Benson
- The biggest determinant in our lives is culture, where we are born, what the environment looks like. But the second biggest determinant… — Nicolas Berggruen
- Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of… — Irving Berlin
- The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general welfare and… — Annie Besant
- Compared to America or Europe, God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who goes to… — Bjork