288 Quotes by Daisaku Ikeda

Before comparing yourself with others, win the battle with yourself. Strive to be better today than yesterday, and better tomorrow than today.

Peace will be realized only by forging bonds of trust between people at the deepest level, in the depths of their very lives.

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 realization of peace and empowers learners to contribute to and improve society.

If we look at the world with a love of life, the world will reveal its beauty to us.

Only when we connect to nature, engaged with nature, are we truly alive and vigorous. To really be alive, one must be under the sun, the moon, the shining stars and surrounded by the beautiful greenery and pure waters of the natural world.

Faith is to fear nothing, to stand unswayed, the power to surmount any obstacle.

If you lose today, win tomorrow. In this never-ending spirit of challenge is found the heart of a victor.

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.

When one takes action for others, one’s own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled.