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“The heart is what is important." There is nothing more vulnerable, nothing more corruptible than the human mind; nor is there anything as powerful, steadfast and ennobling.”
― Daisaku Ikeda

“Faith is to fear nothing, to stand unswayed, the power to surmount any obstacle.”
― Daisaku Ikeda

“The institutions of human society treat us as parts of a machine. They assign us ranks and place considerable pressure upon us to fulfill defined roles. We need something to help us restore our lost and distorted humanity. Each of us has feelings that have been suppressed and have built up inside. There is a voiceless cry resting in the depths of our souls, waiting for expression. Art gives the soul's feelings voice and form.”
― Daisaku Ikeda

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”
― Albert Schweitzer

“Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.”
― Albert Schweitzer

“If you love something so much let it go. If it comes back it was meant to be; if it doesn't it never was”
― Albert Schweitzer

“Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know everything happens for a reason.”
― Albert Schweitzer

“You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.”
― William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

“Reality is what we take to be true.
What we take to be true is what we believe.
What we believe is based upon our perceptions.
What we perceive depends upon what we look for.
What we look for depends upon what we think.
What we think depends upon what we perceive.
What we perceive determines what we believe.
What we believe determines what we take to be true.
What we take to be true is our reality.”
― Gary Zukav, Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics

“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.”
― Plato

“Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.”
― Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

“More valuable than treasures in a storehouse are the treasures of the body. The most valuable of all are the treasures of the heart.”
― Nichiren Daishonin, The Major Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Volume One

“One should become the master of one's mind rather than let one's mind master him.”
― Nichiren Daishonin, The Major Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Volume One

“Winter always turns into Spring”
― Nichiren Daishonin