Let us all set our sights on leading great lives dedicated always to truth and move toward that goal in good health, brimming with hope. Let us live our lives boldly, without regret, advancing with patience, enthusiasm and a genuine spirit of friendship and camaraderie.
- Daisaku Ikeda

Chang-An writes, "If one befriends another person but lacks the mercy to correct him, one is infact his enemy." The consequences of a grave offense are extremely difficult to erase. The most important thing is to continually strengthen our wish to benefit others.
- Nichiren

There is no need for you to be impatient. If you canachieve something very easily right from the start, you will find no sense of fulfillment or joy. It is in making tenacious, all-out efforts for construction that profound happiness lies.
- Daisaku Ikeda

Be yourself and seek your own path. Know yourself before you attempt to get to know children. First and foremost you must realize that you too are a child, whom you must first get to know, to bring up and to educate.
- Janus Korczak