The path up the hill of life doesn’t follow a straight line. There are successes and mistakes. Sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. With each step on our way, with every curve and corner we navigate, we grow a little bit more. In this process, prayer functions as a powerful force preventing us from becoming arrogant in victory or devastated by defeat. That’s why none are stronger than those who base themselves on prayer.
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, p. 119

Daisaku Ikeda

The path up the hill of life doesn’t follow a straight line. There are successes and mistakes. Sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. With each step on our way, with every curve and corner we navigate, we grow a little bit more. In this process, prayer functions as a powerful force preventing us from becoming arrogant in victory or devastated by defeat. That’s why none are stronger than those who base themselves on prayer.
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, p. 119

Daisaku Ikeda

When Mr. Toda became second Soka Gakkai president and made his vow to attain a membership of 750,000 households, I pledged: “Mr. Toda is a great teacher of propagation. As his disciple, I vow to become a champion of propagation!” And having made that pledge, I threw myself wholeheartedly into the challenge, creating a groundswell for unprecedented propagation in Kamata, in Bunkyo, in Osaka, and in Yamaguchi.
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, p. 266

Daisaku Ikeda