It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing their imperfections.
Daisaku IkedaRead
Let us give something to each person we meet: joy, courage, hope, assurance, or philosophy, wisdom, a vision for the future. Let us always give something.
Interpretation
The quote encourages generosity in sharing positive traits and wisdom with others.
Daisaku Ikeda emphasizes the importance of positively impacting everyone we encounter by giving them something valuable, whether it be joy, courage, hope, or wisdom. This act of giving not only benefits those around us but also fosters a sense of community and personal fulfillment, as we contribute to building a better future for ourselves and others.
In practice
In a speech about community service, one might quote this to inspire volunteers.
It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing their imperfections.
Thereβs no need for us to be held back by the past or how things have been so far. The important thing is what seeds we are sowing now for the future.
True love should be transformative; a process that amplifies our capacity to cherish not just one person but all people. It can make us stronger, lift us higher and deepen us as individuals. Only to the extent that we polish ourselves now can we hope to develop wonderful bonds of the heart in the future.
Just as a diamond can only be polished by another diamond, it is only through genuine, all-out engagement with others that people can polish their character, and help each other to reach greater heights.
Creating harmony amidst diversity is a fundamental issue of the twenty-first century. While celebrating the unique characteristics of different peoples and cultures, we have to create solidarity on the level of our common humanity, our common life. Without such solidarity, there will be no future for the human race. Diversity should not beget conflict in the world, but richness.
When you devote yourself to achieving your goal, you will not be bothered by shallow criticism. Nothing important can be accomplished if you allow yourself to be swayed by some trifling matter, always looking over your shoulder and wondering what others are saying or thinking. The key to achievement is to move forward along your chosen path with firm determination.
There is not a woman in the world the possession of whom is as precious as that of the truths which she reveals to us by causing us to suffer.
But Hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns.
I prefer to be refuted than to refute, for it is a greater good for oneself to be freed from the greatest evil than to free another.
that expression you get in your eyes when you are very tired and everything is like a dream and you are starting to know what things are like underneath what people say they are.
may my heart always be open to little birds who are the secrets of living
Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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