On confidence

As a young man, I once asked President Toda what makes a person great. Smiling brightly he replied, "It's having confidence. In life and in everything, it's confidence that counts." There are many important things in life. Among all possible answers, Mr Toda, without a moment's hesitation, cited confidence. By this, he meant of course great confidence in the Mystic Law. Confidence is single minded resolve. Confidence is courage. Confidence is hope. Confidence is inner latitude and mercy. Although confidence and the world of Buddhahood are invisible to the eye, they are certain to become manifest in concrete form.