Daisaku Ikeda

The happier we make others, the happier we are, and as long as a single miserable person exists, our own happiness cannot be complete.
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, pp. 17

Daisaku Ikeda

Through faith in the Mystic Law, we can develop the ability to change all that is negative in our lives into something positive. We can transform all problems into happiness, sufferings into joy, anxiety into hope, and worry into peace of mind. We will always be able to find a way forward.
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, p. 3-4

Daisaku Ikeda

Everyone has a mission. We were born because we have a mission. That’s why we must live our lives and persevere through all. The Japanese word for mission means to “use one’s life.” For what purpose do we use our lives? For what purpose have we been born in this world, sent forth from the universe?
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, p. 335