A single flower can completely transform a bleak atmosphere. The important thing, therefore, is to have the spirit, the determination, to improve your environment, to change it for the better, if even just a little. Especially as practitioners of Nichiren Buddhism striving earnestly in faith, we cannot fail to vibrantly transform our lives.
>From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, p. 154
Daisaku Ikeda