> Ultimately, our battle is with ourselves. Whether in our activities in society, or whether in historical, political or economic developments, everything essentially boils down to a struggle between positive and negative forces.

>Never let life ’s hardships disturb you. After all, no one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages. Just chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, and when you drink sake, stay at home with your wife. Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life and…

>We are having a snail plague here. Too many of them, they kill my plants, they eat them up. Within 12 hours they can become eight times as big while they are eating my plants.My girlfriend Rati is an animal lover, she doesn’t eat meat because she feels sorry for the animals, who can not…

> Britta, the deaf dumb and blind dog posing for the photographer on Saturday June 9 2007

>Had a wonderful evening last night in Paradiso, one of Amsterdams famous poptemples, to enjoy the music of the Daughters of famous soul singers.The place was packed with a beautiful mix of all the different ethnic groups we have living here and varying in age. Everybody was out to have a great time and that…

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>“The heart is what is important.” There is nothing more vulnerable, nothing more corruptible than the human mind; nor is there anything as powerful, steadfast and ennobling.

>It is New Moon and it’s morning. Outside it is like the middle of the night. Tropical showers here. Yesterday we had a big thunderstorm and one of the lightnings hit the big building at the end of the street. Such incredible noise I felt in my heart.I had planned to go over to Andi…

>I am going crazy in my new Vista world, I have a new computer and things are going crazy including me.Yesterday I sort of fainted in the swimming pool.People told me I looked yellow and has the biggest and darkest circles around my eyes. I was spinning or at least my head was.And now I…

>Old age. One of the four sufferings according to buddhism. The others are: Birth, Sickness and Death.Here is what President Ikeda says of Old Age: Life loses its dynamism from the moment we lose the passion with which to live it. No matter what our age, we cannot afford to let the flame within our…