New eras don't come about because of swords, they're created by the people who wield them.

You can always die. It's living that takes real courage." - Himura Kenshin

A man who can't uphold his beliefs is pathetic dead or alive - Hajime Saito

The dead don't desire revenge, but the happiness of the livng. To dirty your small hands would bring joy to no one. -Kenshin to Eiji

I don't have anything left. My strength is pouring out of me just as my blood is. I've been in a death-storm countless times before. Is this death in its true form?

In this world of memories, there's no need for strangers. -Kenshin to Kaoru

Anyone can die. It's living that requires courage.

No matter how much you hate or how much you suffer, you can't bring the dead back to life

They sat it "Rains Blood" at scenes of battle... you truly...make blood rain

Idiot. Which road do you take when you're running from something weaker than yourself? Or maybe you're the one looking for an excuse to back out.

The dead don't desire revenge, but the happiness of the livng. To dirty your small hands would bring joy to no one.-Kenshin to Eiji

Why do I go outside at one a.m.and search the stars as though I'd numbered them?

The humans lack good mirrors. It's so hard for anyone to show us how we look, and so hard for us to show them how we feel.

I broke down while at Oxford, was rejected by a record number of medical tribunals during the War, and finally got permission to leave Oxford and do civilian work till the War ended.

I found the secret of life to be body placement.

The real subject of every painting is light.

I threw out all the bath water, and there was no baby there.

Why is it that the people with whom one loves to be silent are also the very ones with whom one loves to talk?

Habit is, as it were, a second nature. [Lat., Consuetudo quasi altera natura effici.]

Do not let fear of failure overwhelms joy success

As in all things, it is terribly important to have a sense of priorities in what you do. And to make certain that priorities do not clash.