“So you want to die honorably? You are being selfish. Each and every person you killed had his own life. Whether that life was blessed or not ... everyone is born into this world ... they grow up ... some people have family ... some are alone in this world ... some have young children ... some are engaged ... some have pets ...some people have high hopes and great dreams ... other have no ambition at all and you ended everything for them Takezo.”

“[To my enemy:] Some are great, some are born great, some have greatness thrust upon them! And then there's you.”

“When your dreams are of some world that never was or of some world that never will be and you are happy again then you will have given up.”

“Some people are born to command. Some people achieve command. And others have command thrust upon them ...”

“Some people are born to make great art and others are born to appreciate it. Don't you think? It is a kind of talent in itself, to be an audience, whether you are the spectator in the gallery or you are listening to the voice of the world's greatest soprano. Not everyone can be the artist. There have to be those who witness the art, who love and appreciate what they have been privileged to see.”

“Why is life so difficult for some people and not for others?Why do some people have to struggle so much?”