June 10th

Peace and prosperity within a family does not imply the complete absence of worries or hardships. Even at a time when the worst of storms are raging, as long as the light of the sun is shining brightly, it's alright. A mother is that very light of the sun for the family.

- Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese text:
我が家の平和といっても、苦労や悩みが何もない状態ではない。どんな嵐のような時であっても、家族のなかに太陽が輝いていれば、よいのです。その一家の太陽こそ、お母さんです。

WAGA YA NO HEIWA TO ITTE MO, KURO YA NAYAMI GA NANI MO NAI JOTAI DEWA NAI. DONNA ARASHI NO YO NA TOKI DE ATTE MO, KAZOKU NO NAKA NI TAIYO GA KAGAYAITE IREBA YOI NO DE ARU. SONO IKKA NO TAIYO KOSO, OKASAN DESU.
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 177)

July 31st

Saying "Who cares? It isn't my problem!" can be a convenient way of ignoring an important issue. However, saying so makes human beings much smaller than they are capable of being. Each time we try to convince ourselves by saying "Who cares?" we begin to erase our own humanity, until we are left with none of it. Only women who actively lead our society towards peace, are its true guardians.

- Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese text:
「私には関係ない」というのは楽かもしれない。しかし、この「私には関係ない」が、人間を小さくする。
「私には関係ない」と、つぶやくたびに、自分の人間らしさが削られ、どんどん消えていってしまう。わが社会を平和にしゆく女性が、平和の天使なのである。

(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 230)

August 15th

Women who spend their energies in making friends happy, are doctors of happiness. Women who take pains to find peaceful solutions in society, are guardian angels of peace.

- Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese text:
わが友を幸福にしゆく女性が、幸福の博士なのである。
わが社会を平和にしゆく女性が、平和の天使なのである。
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 246)

January 26th

Working for world peace is not something far removed from our daily life. Peace lies in the struggle of each one of us to battle with and overcome the egoistic self who thinks that as long as I am fine, I don't care what happens with the world. It lies in being sensitive to others' sufferings and being able to perceive them as our own. It is within seemingly insignificant daily events, that our simple efforts for peace will pay off.

- Daisaku Ikeda

平和運動は決して遠くにあるものではない。自分さえよければというエゴの生命を、一人一人がいかにして乗り越えるか。そして人の痛みをわが痛みとして感じる鋭い感受性をどう培うか―――日常のなにげない出来事のなかでの、そうした努力こそが大切であると思う。
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, page 36)

November 23rd

It is said that "A child smile is worth more than a thousand words." The smile and purity of a child's life moves a person's heart far more than a thousand grown-up words spoken in the name of peace.

- Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese Text:
”子どもの笑顔は万言に勝る”という。大人たちがどんなに言葉で平和を訴えるよりも、人びとの心を動かすのが、子どもたちの笑顔であり、純真な心である。

(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 350)