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Toward that end, it is important to offer wholehearted encouragement to people facing such sufferings, to infuse their lives with courage and hope, so they are not defeated. Guidance in faith must be based on the writings of Nichiren Daishonin. The ability to give inspiring guidance cannot be developed by relying just on personal judgments and opinions. It has to be honed through striving in the two ways of practice and study within the organization for kosen-rufu.
>From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 94

Daisaku Ikeda

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And Mr. Makiguchi truly worked tirelessly to advance kosen-rufu, spreading the Mystic Law. Amid persecution by the authorities and while already at an advanced age, he conducted more than 240 discussion meetings (from May 1941 to June 1943, when he turned seventy-two). He also traveled alone to different regions and personally introduced some five hundred people to Nichiren Buddhism (from 1930, the year of the Soka Gakkai’s founding, to July 1943, when he was arrested).
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 259

Daisaku Ikeda

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Nothing is insignificant. Whatever a person’s karma may be, it definitely has profound meaning. This is not just a matter of outlook. Changing the world starts by changing our fundamental state of mind. This is a key Buddhist principle. powerful determination to transform even negative karma into mission can dramatically transform the real world.
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2 , revised edition, pp. 43-44

Daisaku Ikeda