Nichiren Daishonin states in “Reply to Kyo’o”:
Kyo’o Gozen’s misfortunes will change into fortune. Muster your faith and pray to this Gohonzon. Then what is there that cannot be achieved? You should believe the Lotus Sutra when it says, “This sutra fulfills one’s desires. It is a clear pond that quenches thirst,” and “They will have peace and security in this life and good circumstances in the next.”
宗祖日莲大圣人于《经王殿御返事》曰:
经王御前亦可转祸为幸。当真诚发出信心向御本尊祈念，焉有不可成就之事。
『充满其愿，如清凉池』，『现世安稳，后生善处』无疑也。
Nichiren Daishonin states in “Reply to Kyo’o”:
I, Nichiren, with sumi ink, have infused my life into the Gohonzon. So believe in it. The will of the Buddha is the Lotus Sutra, but the spirit of Nichiren is nothing other than Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo. Miaole states in his interpretations, “The life of this sutra lies in the revelation of the Buddha’s original enlightenment and the immeasurable duration of his life.”
宗祖日莲大圣人于《经王殿御返事》曰:
日莲魂魄注染于墨而书之，当信也。
佛之意乃法华经，日莲魂魄即南无妙法莲华经。
妙乐释云“以显本远寿为其命”。
Nichiren Daishonin states in “The Letter to Hōren”:
Trying to practise the doctrines of this sutra without faith is tantamount to entering a treasure-filled mountain without hands or attempting to walk on a journey of a thousand ri without feet.
宗祖日莲大圣人于《法莲抄》曰:
无信而行此经，如无手而入宝山，无足而欲行千里之路。
Nichiren Daishonin states in “Reply to Kyo’o”:
Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo is like the roar of a lion. What sickness can therefore be an obstacle?
宗祖日莲大圣人于《经王殿御返事》曰:
南无妙法莲华经如狮子吼。何病可为障乎。
Nichiren Daishonin states in “The Essentials of the Lotus Sutra”:
Question: What are the secret Laws that Nagarjuna, Vasubandhu, Tiantai, and Dengyo could not propagate during the two-thousand-odd years after Shakyamuni Buddha’s passing?
Answer: They are the True Object of Worship of the Essential Teaching, the High Sanctuary of the Essential Teaching, and the five characters of the Daimoku of the Essential Teaching.
宗祖日莲大圣人于《法华取要抄》曰:
问云，如来灭后二千余年，龙树，天亲，天台，传教所留之秘法为何物。
答云，本门之本尊，戒坛与题目之五字也。
Nichiren Daishonin states in “Letter to Lord Niike”:
Deep in the Snow Mountains lives a bird called Kankucho which, tortured by the numbing cold, cries that it will build a nest in the morning. Yet, when the day breaks, it sleeps away the hours in the warm light of the morning sun without building its nest. So it continues to cry vainly throughout its life. The same is true of people.
宗祖日莲大圣人于《新池御书》曰:
雪山之寒苦鸟，被寒苦折磨，
虽夜中鸣叫，天亮必造巢；
但日出，贪眠于朝阳之温暖；
忘寒苦，不造巢。
又得夜鸣，如此虚度一生。
一切众生，亦复如是。
Nichiren Daishonin states in “Reply to Kyo’o”:
I, Nichiren, with sumi ink, have infused my life into the Gohonzon. So believe in it. The will of the Buddha is the Lotus Sutra, but the spirit of Nichiren is nothing other than Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo.
宗祖日莲大圣人于《经王殿御返事》曰:
日莲魂魄注染于墨而书之，当信也。佛之意乃法华经，日莲魂魄即南无妙法莲华经。
Nichiren Daishonin states in “The Three Kinds of Treasure”:
It is rare to be born a human being. The number of those endowed with human life is small as the amount of earth one can place on a fingernail. Life as a human being is hard to sustain — as hard as it is for the dew to remain on the grass. But it is better to live a single day with honor than to live to one hundred and twenty and die in disgrace.
宗祖日莲大圣人于《崇峻天皇御书》曰:
人身难受，如爪上之土。人身难持，如草上之露。持寿一百二十，污名而死，不如仅生一日，而扬其名为贵。
Nichiren Daishonin states in “The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra”:
Amber draws dust and a loadstone attracts iron particles; here our evil karma is like the dust or iron, and the daimoku of the Lotus Sutra is like the amber or the loadstone. If we consider these analogies, we can see why we should always chant Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo.
宗祖日莲大圣人于《法华题目抄》曰:
琥珀取尘，磁石吸铁。我等之恶业，如尘如铁，法华经题目，如琥珀，如磁石。须作如是想，常唱南无妙法莲华经。
Nichiren Daishonin states in “The Essence of the Yakuo Chapter”:
The Kegon and the various sutras are like stars in this dark night, while the Lotus Sutra is like the moon in this night. For those who have faith in the Lotus Sutra but whose faith is not deep, it is as though a half moon were illuminating that dark night. But for those who have profound faith, it is as though a full moon were illuminating the night.
宗祖日莲大圣人于《药王品得意抄》曰:
华严经等之一切经，如暗夜之星，法华经如暗夜之月。虽信法华经，然不深信者，如半月之照暗夜。若深信者，如满月之照暗夜。