“If you let the fly live, the spider is going to die. You can't save both without one suffering.”
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“If you let the fly live, the spider is going to die. You can't save both without one suffering.”
“So what if the government collapses or the country is ruined? I'm not civic-minded! All I want to do is stand tall and live on until the day I collapse and die!”
“Some things can't be prevented. The last of which, is death. All we can do is live until the day we die. Control what we can... and fly free!”
“No one can draw a clear line between sane and insane. You move that line as you see fit for yourself. No one else can. You'll understand soon... that the one that's insane is this world.”
“From the perspective of others I am part of the world, but when I observe the world from my perspective I am nowhere to be found. To observe is to create perspective. I can never cease to be the point of origin from my perspective. I observe that which is not myself. This is the first principle to find.”
“Under normal circumstances, humans should have continued to evolve as the greatest creatures upon this earth, but we were actually regressing. A rotten world. Politics, law, education... Was there anybody around who could correct this world? But someone had to do it.”
“Drop ink on the finest snow-white paper and it will inevitably absorb into black. Its purity demands it. Tainted men have immunities. Black does not absorb black.”
“Children's minds are immature. They do not possess a firm resolve and the strength to turn their misery to anger. Confronted with a cruel fate, they were not provided with the choice of having a strong will. Moreover, as they have not lived through and comprehended life, ideals such as honor and hope are yet to be completely nurtured in them. Therefore, in moments of despair, children are more prone than adults to seal away their own mind, lock up their own heart. Because they have not tasted the joy of life they can afford to discard. Because they have not understood the meaning of future, they can sink into despair.”
“A certain scripture mentions that humans are superior to angels. Why? Because there are people who know of evil, but do not become evil. It's different from angels, who know only of good since birth. Humans have evil, but can live as good, so they are superior to angels, who know only good.”
“Anyone can make a mistake. If you feel bad about it, will that sin disappear?”
“When you live, your life will end sooner or later. The body will return to the earth. Grass and flowers will grow on top of it. The soul will nourish the hearts... and it will live on in the hearts of other people. Everything in this world flows around and circulates. That goes for human lives too.”
“Spilled water will never return to its container.”
“I want to hear who you are, not what you have.”
“There's no advantage to hurrying through life.”
“I'm no saint. A sense of duty, a sense of righteousness - they're just nuisances in life.”
“Good and bad are human concepts, so something that is not human cannot be classified as neither good nor bad.”
“Even though there's such a thing as an impossible game, there's no such thing as an impossible reality.”
“If one side was just, it would be called a defense or a suppression. But this is war. And wars happen because both sides are just.”
“People have to save themselves. One person saving another is impossible.”
“It's difficult to change the world on your own, but twisting it a little might not be all that hard.”