One day you will hear the sound of time rustling as it slips through your fingers like sand. Remember me then. I wish you luck.

The common good and the individual good rarely coincide.

When leaders betray their people and the people don't overthrow them, it's not just the leaders who should be blamed.

You're a big boy, you ought to understand that punctual transport, public order and safe streets, polite people and good medical services are all the achievements of dictatorship.

Nobody can be forced to commit an act of villainy. You can't push anybody into the mud; people always step into it themselves.

Fairy tales lie just as much as statistics do, but sometimes you can find a grain of truth in them.

When there are strange things going on all around, every coincidence should be considered very carefully.

Drinking beer in a children's playground is an old Soviet tradition.

If you have love in you, it's a strength. But if you are in love, it's a weakness.

There is very much in the world that is bad. But usually the attempt to defeat evil engenders more evil. I advise you to do good; that is the only way to win the victory.

Love is happiness, but only when you believe it will last forever. Even though every time it turns out to be a lie, it’s only faith that gives love its strength and its joy.

Mr. Nakata, this world is a terribly violent place. And nobody can escape the violence. Please keep that in mind. You can't be too cautious. The same holds true for cats and human beings.

To understand possible means to understand impossible.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times always with the same person.

Moderation in the defense of liberty is no virtue.

All human beings are Actors (they act!) and Spectators (they observe!).

New York is the cubist, the futurist city. It expresses in its architecture, its life, its spirit, the modern thought.

But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along, the world's tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless.

I went as an observer, not a participant, for I do not think that I ever spoke. I wanted to understand the issues under discussion, evaluate the arguments, see the calibre of the men involved.

I have food every day on the table, I have a family, friends, health - all the things without which it wouldn't matter how many roles I get to play.

Time really has gone by fast. I don’t know if your path is pre-written or what, but it’s crazy how one thing just leads to another.