“Life is painful. It has thorns, like the stem of a rose. Culture and art are the roses that bloom on the stem. The flower is yourself, your humanity. Art is the liberation of the humanity inside yourself.”
— Daisaku Ikeda“it is impossible to build one's own happiness on the unhappiness of others. This perspective is at the heart of Buddhist teachings.”
— Daisaku Ikeda“Even chance meetings are the result of karma… Things in life are fated by our previous lives. That even in the smallest events there’s no such thing as coincidence.”
— Haruki Murakami“Some day people will ask me what is the key to my success...and I will simply say, good Karma.”
— K. Crumley“If thinking should precede acting, then acting must succeed thinking.”
— Amit KalantriThose who commit too many evil deeds will inevitably destroy themselves.
— Jin YongYou reap what you sow.
— Aesop