October 22

All of our toils are our treasures.
Treasures of victory.
Treasures of happiness.

- Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese Text:
"すべての努力は、人生の宝です。勝利の宝です。幸福の宝です。"
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 317)

July 19th

A famous saying goes like this: "It is the heart that is most important." True happiness and true victory are ultimately decided by what's inside your own heart.

- Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese text:
「心こそ大切なれ」
真実の幸福と勝利は、
あなた自身の胸中で決定されるのだ。
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 218)

August 23rd

"Why me....?"
"Why only me....?"
There is no need to lament like this. And there is definitely no need to give up either!
Victory or defeat can only be seen in the totality of our lives. It is alright if we cheerfully win at the very end.

- Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese text:
どうして自分だけが・・・・
どうして私だけが・・・・
何も嘆くことはない!
決してあきらめることはない!
勝負は一生で決まる。途中ではない。
最後に晴れ晴れと勝てばよいのだ。
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 254)

June 16th

Based on the kind of determination we make deep inside our hearts, we can strive through even the most impossible of situations, we can still go ahead and win in life. We can still be happy. History is witness to this principle.

- Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese Text:
自分自身の心の決意の仕方で、いかようにも、人生は勝利できる。幸福になれる。それは、歴史が証明している。

JIBUN JISHIN NO KOKORO NO KETSUI NO SHIKATA DE, IKA YO NI MO, JINSEI WA SHORI DEKIRU. KOFUKU NI NARERU. SORE WA, REKISHI GA SHOMEI SHITE IRU.
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 183)