June 22nd

There is no one in this world who can sail through life without any hardships. Unless we take action, no matter how long we wait, happiness will never come to us. It goes without saying that reality is tough. That's precisely why, instead of allowing ourselves to be tossed about by our circumstances, we must determinedly advance forwards and throw ourselves into the midst of our reality, using it as the perfect training ground to temper our lives.

- Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese Text:
苦労のない人生などどこにもない。行動しなければ、いつまでたっても、幸福はやってこない。現実は厳しいに決まっている。故に、その現実に翻弄されるのではなく、進んで現実にいどみ、命の鍛錬の場としていくのだ。

KURO NO NAI JINSEI NADO DOKO NI MO NAI. KODO SHINAKEREBA, ITSUMADE TATTE MO, KOFUKU WA YATTE KONAI. GENJITSU WA KIBISHII NI KIMATTE IRU. YUE NI, SONO GENJITSU NI HONRO SARERUNODEWA NAKU, SUSUNDE GENJITSU NI IDOMI, INOCHI NO TANREN NO BA TOSHITE IKU NO DA.
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 189)