What is true happiness, really?

けれどもほんたうのさいはひは一体何だらう。

Writers & Literary Figures

Kenji Miyazawa

Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933) was a Japanese poet and children's author whose fantastical tales - including 'Night on the Galactic Railroad' and 'The Restaurant of Many Orders' - blend Buddhist philosophy with scientific wonder. Virtually unknown during his lifetime, he is now one of Japan's most beloved literary figures.

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Kenji Miyazawa's Other Quotes

われらはいっしょにこれから何を論ずるか。

Be not defeated by the rain, be not defeated by the wind.

There can be no individual happiness until the whole world is happy.

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Wellbeing is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.

-- Zeno of Citium

Revere Heaven, Love People.

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I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.

-- Alexandre Dumas

To be, or not to be, that is the question.

-- William Shakespeare

In this human world, the path is never singular. There are always multiple paths.

-- Mori Ogai

To know sufficiency is itself happiness.

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