Life is a struggle. It is a struggle to become happy. But happiness is not simply the absence of hardships. Buddhism teaches that the sufferings we experience as human beings lead us to enlightenment. The Daishonin writes, “There is no true happiness for human beings other than chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo” (WND-1, 681).
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, p. 166

Daisaku Ikeda

In another letter, the Daishonin writes: “The sun breaks through the pitch-black dark” and “The Lotus Sutra is compared to the sun” (WND-1, 315). As Soka Gakkai members who chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and base our lives on the Mystic Law, a bright sun of hope shines ever in our hearts. We can dispel all darkness and cast off even the heaviest chains of karma.
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, p. 252

Daisaku Ikeda

Each of you is as unique as a cherry, plum, peach, or damson blossom (see OTT, 200), as Nichiren Daishonin explains. Please bloom in the way that only you can.
>From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, p. 215

Daisaku Ikeda