tenacity and perseverance…

2 Excerpts from SGI President Ikeda's essay from the "On Brilliant Path to Victory" series published in the July 1 edition of the Seikyo Shimbun. *** The antiwar activist Rosa Luxemburg was also imprisoned for her ideals.  She wrote, "I haven't been soft up to now, but now I am as hard as tempered steel."... Continue Reading →

draw strength from within…

"When we draw strength from within, our outlook undergoes a dramatic transformation; everything around us looks completely different. To be strong--that is the key to happiness." - Daisaku Ikeda *** "Great art is created only through diligent and painstaking effort to perfect and polish oneself." - Daisaku Ikeda *** (These two quotes are dedicated to... Continue Reading →

providence moves too…

"Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the... Continue Reading →

diverse acts of courage…

"It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped.  Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope; and crossing each other from a million different centers of... Continue Reading →

less than perfect conditions…

“Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.” - Mark Victor... Continue Reading →

like a childbirth…

"Transformation is only valid if it is carried out with the people, not for them. Liberation is like a childbirth, and a painful one. The person who emerges is a new person: no longer either oppressor or oppressed, but a person in the process of achieving freedom. It is only the oppressed who, by freeing... Continue Reading →

when we focus…

"One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular."- Tony Robbins "Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus... Continue Reading →

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