Daily Encouragement - Mar 26

When seen from the perspective of life's true value, whether a person is rich or poor is a marginal issue at best. The truly impoverished are those who are wealthier than others who take themselves too seriously and look down upon the less affluent. Happiness will never be a handout; it's something we create with our own hands.

- Daisaku Ikeda -

Vol 67 - Hope

Gratitude is an expression of spiritual depth.
People who live with a sense of appreciation are joyful and happy.

Daily Encouragement - Jan 22

Ultimately, happiness rest on how you establish a solid sense of self or being. Happiness does not lie in outward appearances nor in vanity. It is a matter of what you feel inside; it is a deep resonance in your life. To be filled each day with a rewarding sense of exhilaration and purpose, a sense of tasks accomplished and deep fulfilment - people who feel this way are happy. Those who have this sense of satisfaction even if they are extremely busy are much happier than those who have time on their hand but feel empty inside.
- Daisaku Ikeda