Adversity gives birth to greatness. The greater the challenges and difficulties we face, the greater the opportunity we have to grow and develop as people. A life without adversity, a life of ease and comfort, produces nothing and leaves us with nothing. This is one of the indisputable facts of life.
Daisaku IkedaThe reactions of the human heart are not mechanical and predictable but infinitely subtle and delicate.
Daisaku IkedaNothing is more precious than peace. Peace is the most basic starting point for the advancement of humankind.
Daisaku IkedaSince ancient times, people from throughout Asia have brought to Japan their talents, knowledge and energy, helping to lay the basis for Japan's existence as a country.
Daisaku IkedaThereโs no need for us to be held back by the past or how things have been so far. The important thing is what seeds we are sowing now for the future.
Daisaku Ikeda