Only when we recognize that our efforts on others’ behalf are also for our own sake will we be filled with humble appreciation for being able to develop our lives. Our lives and the lives of others are ultimately inseparable. It is vital, therefore, that we follow the bodhisattva way.
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, p. 230

Daisaku Ikeda

May 3 has become the day of reaffirming our vow for kosen-rufu. On this day each year, we of the Soka Gakkai, united by the bonds of mentor and disciple, pledge afresh to spread the Mystic Law and make renewed efforts to realize our noble cause. And so it will be forever.
>From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 316

Daisaku Ikeda

The fulfillment of the individual, however, cannot be realized in conflict with, or at the expense of, others but only through active appreciation of uniqueness and difference, for these are the varied hues that together weave the flower gardens of life.
>From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, p. 220

Daisaku Ikeda