March 23rd

People who voluntarily and proactively engage in community matters or social events are much younger than their real age. Those who can feel gratitude for the smallest of things and do their best for the sake of others, wear a certain freshness and youthfulness about them.

-- Daisaku Ikeda
March 23rd

Japanese text:
IYOKUTEKI NI SHAKAI SEIKATSU NI SANKA SHITE IRU HITO WA, NENREI YORI HARUKA NI WAKAWAKASHI. MATA, SASAINA KOTO NI MO KANSHA NO KOKORO O MOTERU HITO, HITO NO TAME NI TSUKUSO TO SURU HITO WA, SUGASUGASHIKU WAKAWAKASHI.
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, 94 pg.)