Daisaku Ikeda Quotes

I will gather myself around my faith, for light does the darkness most fear.

Tonight, I ask for your prayers for all those who grieve, for the children whose worlds have been shattered, for all whose sense of safety and security has been threatened. And I pray they will be comforted by a power greater than any of us, spoken through the ages in Psalm 23: "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me."

Courage is just fear, plus prayers, plus understanding.

I remember praying for peace all the time as a kid.

It comes with faith, for with complete faith there is no fear of what faces you in life or death.

I believe in my prayers.

I went to church. I found the light.

Through prayers I get the strength to face all the difficulties.

Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart. It is like a bird that has blundered down the flue and is caught indoors and flutters at the windowpanes. It is like standing a long time on a cold day, knocking at a shut door.

To be afraid is to have more faith in evil than in God.

There's an antidote to our fears- trust. If we trust God more,we can fear less.

Prayer is doubts destroyer, ruin's remedy, the antidote to all anxieties.

Pray to God for gladness. Be glad as children, as the birds of heaven. And let not the sin of men confound you in your doings. Fear not that it will wear away your work and hinder its being accomplished. Do not say, 'Sin is mighty, wickedness is mighty, evil environment is mighty, and we are lonely and helpless, and evil environment is wearing us away and hindering our good work from being done.' Fly from that dejection, children!

The antidote to fear is faith.

Heaven's not beyond the clouds, it's just beyond the fear. No, heaven's not beyond the clouds, it's just for us to find it here.

If we are a people who pray, darkness is apt to be a lot of what our prayers are about. If we are people who do not pray, it is apt to be darkness in one form or another that has stopped our mouths.

I pray to the birds. I pray to the birds because I believe they will carry the messages of my heart upward. I pray to them because I believe in their existence, the way their songs begin and end each day—the invocations and benedictions of Earth. I pray to the birds because they remind me of what I love rather than what I fear. And at the end of my prayers, they teach me how to listen.

In the midst of sorrow, faith draws the sting out of every trouble, and takes out the bitterness from every affliction.

When Mama prayed, lives were changed. Not much more than five foot tall, but mountains big and small crumbled all away.

The presence of hope in the invincible sovereignty of God drives out fear.

God wants to cast out the fear and doubt in your life. Go before Him right now and say, "Lord, this is what I am afraid of ..."

I pray to the birds because they remind me of what I love rather than what I fear. And at the end of my prayers, they teach me how to listen.

My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.

God has been good to me. My faith has been good to me in the moments of deepest suffering, doubt and fear.

First and foremost, praying about things and having the good Lord as a part of my life is a huge grounding thing for me.