Nothing is irredeemable in youth. The only real mistake you can make when you are young is giving up on yourself or allowing fear of failure to prevent you from trying to accomplish something.
>From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, p. 343
Daisaku Ikeda
I especially hope that you, the youth division members, will strive with all your passion and power. This is to your own benefit, and it is the natural mission of youth. I look to you to carry on and spread the founding spirit of the first three presidents into the vast, uncharted future and develop an amazing vision for kosen-rufu.
>From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 335
Daisaku Ikeda
There may be times when life itself seems a burden, when we feel trapped or weighed down by something, when we feel passive and a victim of circumstances, or when we feel somehow lost. Those are the times to shed our passivity and turn it into initiative, telling ourselves: “I’m going to follow through on this path!” “I’m going to carry out my mission for today!” When we decide to do so, a genuine spring will dawn in our hearts, and flowers will start to bloom.
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, p. 339
Daisaku Ikeda