Worthy persons are people that are not carried away by the eight winds: prosperity, decline, disgrace, honor, praise, censure, suffering and pleasure

Worthy persons deserve to be called so because they are not carried away by the eight winds: prosperity, decline, disgrace, honor, praise, censure, suffering, and pleasure. They are neither elated by prosperity nor grieved by decline. -Nichiren

Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda 11/4