Nichiren

Flint has the potential to produce fire, and gems have intrinsic value. We ordinary people can see neither our own eyelashes, which are so close, nor the heavens in the distance. Likewise, we do not see that the Buddha exists in our own hearts.

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. The heavenly gods will surely protect one who is unbending before the eight winds.

If you light a lantern for another, it will also brighten your own way

Never let life's hardships disturb you. No one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages.

Suffer what there is to suffer. Enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life.