To live is to be active, to be engaged in something. And a good life is the result of good actions. A wonderful life is realized through steady right action day after day. That’s why those who keep making effort, who always press on under any circumstances, are victors. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 60
Daisaku Ikeda
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate Albert Schweitzer is reported to have said: “I have no intention of dying so long as I can do things. And if I do things, there is no need to die. So, I will live a long, long time.” He in fact lived to the age of ninety.
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, p. 296
Daisaku Ikeda
No matter how much wealth or power one may possess, such things vanish like a fleeting dream in the face of the unrelenting reality of old age and death. What is crucial, then, is the philosophy one upholds and the life one has lived.
>From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, pp. 297-298
Daisaku Ikeda