The harsher the situation, the bolder the stand we must take.

A coward cannot become a Buddha. We cannot attain Buddhahood unless we possess the heart of a lion. The harsher the situation, the bolder the stand we must take. This is the essence of the Soka Gakkai spirit.

For Today and Tomorrow
Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda 1/6

Complaints and evasions reflect a cowardly spirit

Indulgence and indolence produce nothing creative. Complaints and evasions reflect a cowardly spirit; they corrupt and undermine life's natural creative thrust. When life is denuded of the will to struggle creatively, it sinks into a state of hellish destructiveness directed at all that lives.

Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda 12/11

To give up even before you've tried is actually arrogance and coward

People shouldn't hesitate to exert their all, in a way true to themselves. How can you possibly ever know how far or fast you can go if you've never run all-out? To give up even before you've tried is actually arrogance—an affront to the wondrous power of life within you and disrespectful to yourself. It is cowardly.

Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda 12/7

The harsher the situation, the bolder the stand we must take. This is the essence of the Soka Gakkai spirit

A coward cannot become a Buddha. We cannot attain Buddhahood unless we possess the heart of a lion. The harsher the situation, the bolder the stand we must take. This is the essence of the Soka Gakkai spirit.

Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda 26/1

A coward cannot become a Buddha

A coward cannot become a Buddha. We cannot attain Buddhahood unless we possess the heart of a lion. The harsher the situation, the bolder the stand we must take. This is the essence of the Soka Gakkai spirit. 1/6