“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.”

— Kenji Miyazawa · Courage quote

We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. — Kenji Miyazawa quote card
Poet and writer · 1896 – 1933

Kenji Miyazawa was a Japanese poet and children's author from Iwate whose work was little known in his lifetime and beloved after it. His poem 'Be Not Defeated by the Rain' is recited across Japan as a portrait of quiet endurance.

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