Arslan — memorable quote from The Heroic Legend of Arslan

“The one who holds power has no self-awareness of his responsibilities and the one aware of the responsibilities has no power at all.”

“Those who don't fulfill their obligation to others 'ave no right to ask 'em for such privilege...”

“They'll learn that a man without reason is no different from an animal who defecates wherever it pleases.”

“To take responsibility is to take pain onto yourself. It means to bear more pain than what others felt because of your mistakes! If you ruined someone's silver tableware, you must repay with gold tableware. The president of a polluting manufacturing plant must live beside the plant's chimney. That's what taking responsibility means. However the people in so-called high positions never see the consequences. When mistakes are made, they will casually bow their heads and apologize. They think that's enough. Are you one of them too?”

“There certainly are things that cannot be told in words, but that can only be said by people who have exhausted their use of words. Words are like icebergs that are floating on the ocean called "heart". The parts that show above the sea surface are small, but they still let us perceive the larger parts that are hidden below the water. Use words deliberately. If you do, you'll be able to convey more things more accurately than if you were to keep silent. Right judgement can only be made with right information and right analyses.”