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Daisaku Ikeda
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„People can only live fully by helping others to live. When you give life to friends you truly live. Cultures can only realize their further richness by honoring other traditions. And only by respecting natural life can humanity continue to exist.“
„With love and patience, nothing is impossible.“
„A person’s true nature is revealed at times of the greatest adversity.“
„Youthfulness is not determined by age. It is determined by one’s life force. One who possesses hope is forever young. One who continually advances is forever beautiful.“
„You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves.“
„Faith is to fear nothing, to stand unswayed, the power to surmount any obstacle.“
„Life is painful. It has thorns, like the stem of a rose. Culture and art are the roses that bloom on the stem. The flower is yourself, your humanity. Art is the liberation of the humanity inside yourself.“
„Even if things don’t unfold the way you expected, don’t be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.“
„Leave behind the passive dreaming of a rose-tinted future. The energy of happiness exists in living today with roots sunk firmly in reality’s soil.“
„It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing their imperfections.“
„Rise to the challenges that life presents you. You can’t develop genuine character and ability by sidestepping adversity and struggle.“
„A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.“
„it is impossible to build one’s own happiness on the unhappiness of others. This perspective is at the heart of Buddhist teachings.“
„A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.“
„The heart is what is important.” There is nothing more vulnerable, nothing more corruptible than the human mind; nor is there anything as powerful, steadfast and ennobling.“
„The determination to win is the better part of winning.“
„Reality is harsh. It can be cruel and ugly. Yet no matter how much we grieve over our environment and circumstances nothing will change. What is important is not to be defeated, to forge ahead bravely. If we do this, a path will open before us.“
„I cannot say this too strongly: Do not compare yourselves to others. Be true to who you are, and continue to learn with all your might.“
„”Those who give up dreams, do injury to their own hearts and cannot possibly enjoy a profound sense of fulfillment in the end.“