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Daisaku Ikeda on Hope

Guidance on maintaining hope during dark times, believing in the future, and understanding that winter always turns to spring.

15 quotes

“Winter always turns to spring. Never, from ancient times on, has anyone heard or seen of winter turning back to autumn.”

— Daisaku Ikeda, The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin (referenced in guidance)

“As long as we have hope, we have direction, the energy to move, and the map to move by.”

— Daisaku Ikeda, For Today and Tomorrow

“Hope is not a matter of ability; it is a matter of decision.”

— Daisaku Ikeda, Discussions on Youth

“No matter how hopeless or bleak things appear, the moment you resolve to never give up, every nerve and fiber in your being will orient itself toward your success.”

— Daisaku Ikeda, Faith Into Action

“The person who lives with a sense of hope is strong. Giving up hope is the real defeat.”

— Daisaku Ikeda, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace

“No one can make you feel hopeless unless you allow them to. Hope resides in the heart. It is something you create.”

— Daisaku Ikeda, Discussions on Youth

“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.”

— Daisaku Ikeda, For Today and Tomorrow

“The darker the night, the nearer the dawn. Victory in life is decided by that last concentrated burst of energy fueled by a powerful resolve to win.”

— Daisaku Ikeda, The New Human Revolution, Vol. 7

“Even places that have been shrouded in darkness for billions of years can be illuminated. Even a stone from the bottom of a river can be used to produce fire. Our present sufferings, no matter how dark, have certainly not continued for billions of years.”

— Daisaku Ikeda, The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin (commentary)

“There is no such thing as a hopeless situation. There are only people who have grown hopeless about their situation.”

— Daisaku Ikeda, For Today and Tomorrow

“The sun of hope rises afresh each day. Life is a series of new beginnings.”

— Daisaku Ikeda, The New Human Revolution, Vol. 1

“Those who always have a sense of appreciation and gratitude never reach an impasse in life.”

— Daisaku Ikeda, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace

“Even in the midst of suffering, we can find meaning. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”

— Daisaku Ikeda, Discussions on Youth

“Hope transforms pessimism into optimism. Hope is invincible.”

— Daisaku Ikeda, For Today and Tomorrow

“Where there is unspeakable suffering, there the Bodhisattvas of the Earth will appear. That is the meaning of Nichiren Buddhism.”

— Daisaku Ikeda, The New Human Revolution, Vol. 26

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