I’d like you to become people with big hearts—people who remain strong and unshaken no matter what happens and who, rather than focusing on themselves, are concerned with helping and imparting hope to others. This is the purpose of our Buddhist practice. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p 186

Daisaku Ikeda

What is the key to unity? It may seem at first like a contradiction, but the key to unity is for each individual to be self-reliant. Each person must pray earnestly and become strong. As long as we think someone else will do it, we can never build true unity.
>From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p 166

Daisaku Ikeda

Propagation is the most difficult Buddhist practice. It’s no simple matter. Teaching people the power of Nichiren Buddhism today is just as challenging as it would have been trying to teach people a thousand years ago about atomic energy or explain to them the wonders of radio and television. You can do your best to explain the teachings of Buddhism, but people still may not understand. However, once they try practicing it, they can appreciate how wonderful it is.
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, p. 269-270

Daisaku Ikeda