"With love and patience, nothing is impossible."
"There is no true joy in a life lived closed up in the little shell of the self. When you take one step to reach out to people, when you meet with others and share their thoughts and sufferings, infinite compassion and wisdom well up within your heart. Your life is transformed."
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Source: Daisaku Ikeda (2017). “Hope Is a Decision: Selected Essays”, p.109, Middleway Press
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