January

“The ‘remedy’ for transforming pessimism into optimism is none other than hope. Hope is invincible. Hope changes everything. It changes winter into spring, darkness into dawn, descent into ascent, barrenness into creativity, agony into joy. Hope is the sun. It is light. It is passion. It is the fundamental force for life’s blossoming.”

— DAISAKU IKEDA

Quote from: Speech at a joint meeting of Suginami and Nakano Wards, Tokyo, January 5, 1992.