“What is one man's life compared to the eternity of time and space? No more than a snowflake that glitters in the sun for a moment before melting into the flow of time.”

“My teacher said once that every man faces seven enemies in his lifetime. Sickness, hunger, betrayal, envy, greed, old age, and then death...”

“Manga is virtual. Manga is sentiment. Manga is resistance. Manga is bizarre. Manga is pathos. Manga is destruction. Manga is arrogance. Manga is love. Manga is kitsch. Manga is sense of wonder. Manga is … there is no conclusion yet.”

“En la naturaleza, personas, animales o serpientes, estamos todos en el mismo barco”

“Apa pun pekerjaanmu..apa pun kastamu..kau tetap bisa mencapai pencerahan, tapi kau harus mempertimbangkan yang berikut ini..Apa yang sudah pernah kaulakukan? Apakah itu berguna bagimu?Apakah itu berguna bagi orang lain? Atau apakah itu berguna bagi orang banyak?Apakah itu berguna bagi negerimu? Apakah itu juga berguna bagi dunia?Apa itu sangat penting bagi semua makhluk hidup dan seluruh alam?Jika tidak, kau harus berhenti.”

“Selagi peradaban berkembang, begitu pula nafsu. Api akan membesar terus dan menyebabkan berbagai malapetaka. Pada akhirnya seluruh dunia akan binasa.Jika manusia ingin selamat, api harus dipadamkan. Itu berarti meredam nafsu dan hidup wajar.”

“I thought, “I want to die. I want to die more than ever before. There’s no chance now of a recovery. No matter what sort of thing I do, no matter what I do, it’s sure to be a failure, just a final coating applied to my shame. That dream of going on bicycles to see a waterfall framed in summer leaves—it was not for the likes of me. All that can happen now is that one foul, humiliating sin will be piled on another, and my sufferings will become only the more acute. I want to die. I must die. Living itself is the source of sin.”