Everywhere I went during that first trip to the United States, I urged members to transform where they were into a Land of Eternally Tranquil Light, and I assured them that as long as they upheld faith in the Mystic Law, which enables us to change poison into medicine, they were certain to become happy. With tears shining in their eyes, many of them proclaimed: “I won’t be defeated!” “I’ll keep challenging myself!” I held discussion meetings wherever I went and engaged in frank heart-to-heart dialogues.

From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 26