Our environment doesn’t decide our happiness; we do. We are either defeated by our environment or we triumph over it. That’s what determines our happiness.
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, p. 347
Daisaku Ikeda
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