After seeing first hand what hurricane Maria did in 2017 to Puerto Rico…my heart goes out to Jamaica after hurricane Melissa

“While celebrating the unique characteristics of different peoples & cultures, we must create solidarity on the level of our common humanity, our common life. W/o such solidarity, there will b no future 4 the human race. Diversity should’nt beget conflict in the world, but richness.”
- Daisaku Ikeda

"Winter always turns into Spring. Never, from ancient times on, has anyone heard or seen of winter turning back to autumn."
- Nichiren Daishonin

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“We are not defeated by adversity but by the loss of the will to strive. However devastated you may feel, so long as you have the will to fight on, you can surely triumph.”
- Daisaku Ikeda

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“If you light a lantern for another, it will also brighten your own way.”
- Nichiren Daishonin

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“WHEN NOTHING SEEMS TO HELP, I GO AND LOOK AT A STONECUTTER HAMMERING AWAY AT HIS ROCK, PERHAPS A HUNDRED TIMES
WITHOUT AS MUCH AS A CRACK SHOWING IN IT.
YET AT THE HUNDRED AND FIRST BLOW IT WILL SPLIT IN TWO, AND I KNOW IT WAS NOT THAT LAST BLOW THAT DID IT, BUT ALL THAT HAD GONE BEFORE.”

“If you are going to fall in love, try to make your relationship one that generates great spiritual creativity, one that is mutually enriching.”
- Daisaku Ikeda

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“Reality is harsh. It can be cruel and ugly. Yet no matter how much we grieve over our environment and circumstances nothing will change. What is important is not to be defeated, to forge ahead bravely. If we do this, a path will open before us.”
- Daisaku Ikeda

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"Life in this world is limited. Never be in the least bit afraid!"

- Nichiren Daishonin

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"That which you give to another will become your own sustenance; if you light a lamp for another, your own way will be lit."
- Nichiren Daishonin

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“The essence of education is not to transfer knowledge; it is to guide the learning process, to put responsibility for study in the student's own hands...[and] place people on their own path of discovery and invention.”
- Tsunesaburo Makiguchi

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“The fundamental goal of Buddhism is the realization of the peace and happiness of humankind.”
- Josei Toda

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“Though worldly troubles may arise, never let them disturb you. No one can avoid problems, not even sages out worthies.”
- Nichiren Daishonin

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“If you failed yesterday, strive to win today. If you were defeated today, strive to win tomorrow.”
- Daisaku Ikeda

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As long as we are human, we are bound to make mistakes. We all fall prey 2 flawed beliefs & views. What separates a forward-looking person from an intransigent 1, a virtuous person from a malevolent 1, however, is whether 1 can candidly admit 2 1s mistakes & take bold steps 2 redress them.
-D. Ikeda

“True happiness cannot be built on the backs of other peoples unhappiness”
- Abe Uccello

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“Supporting, encouraging and reinvigorating each suffering individual we encounter is the first sure step to realizing a society that respects the dignity of life; it is the starting point for building peace.”
- Daisaku Ikeda

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“The differences between people need not act as barriers that wound, harm and drive us apart. Rather, these very differences among cultures and civilizations should be valued as manifestations of the richness of our shared creativity.”

- Daisaku Ikeda
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