Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Strength is happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness. When you wage a struggle, you might win or you might lose. But regardless of the short-term outcome, the very fact of your continuing to struggle is proof of your victory as a human being. A strong spirit, strong faith and strong prayer-developing these is victory and the world of Buddhahood.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Whether you chant the Buddha's name, recite the sutra, or merely offer flowers and incense, all your virtuous acts will implant benefits and roots of goodness in your life. With this conviction you should strive in faith.
On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime
Written to Toki Jonin in 1255
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, February 14, 2013
A shallow person will have only shallow relationships. Real love is not one person clinging to another , it can only be fostered between two strong people secure in their individuality. Antoine de Saint- Exupery, author of The Little Prince wrote in a work called Wind, Sand and Stars, "Love is not two people gazing at each other, but two people looking ahead together in the same direction." 
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1960) p.467
Have been thinking seriously of late; the long march of a human being's life is a truly formidable undertaking. My boyhood and youth were relatively easy. But my 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s will be more significant as my responsibility grows.
Is life a survival of the fittest? is it the strong feeding upon the weak? Is it the triumph of the superior and the defeat of the inferior? Is it cruel? Is it cause and effect? How strict life is!
My mentor, President Toda, led a wonderful life in many aspects - in his humanity, in his enterprise and in the concluding phase of his life.
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