Humanitarianism is rude.

The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!

Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.

My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.

The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.

We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.

There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.

Everything interests me, but nothing holds me.

I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.

It's been a long time since I've been me.

I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.

No! Please! I'll tell you whatever you want to know!" the man yelled. "Really?" said Vimes. "What's the orbital velocity of the moon?""What?""Oh, you'd like something simpler?

Praying in a Temple is like Lighting a Candle. One kills the ignorance and the other kills the darkness .

Crying all the way to success is better than smiling all the way to failure.

We can bring heaven on the earth when we have compassion for all living beings.

To Ryuji the smile seemed as brittle as fine glass crystal and very dangerous

Economic progress, in capitalist society, means turmoil.

We don't need mass armies anymore. We replace it with more effective equipment.

I was born with these eyes. I was born for this life.

It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.

How can I keep my soul in me, so that it doesn't touch your soul? How can I raise it high enough, past you, to other things?