Yang Wen-li
- Societal Values
I've learned that there are two currents of thought in human society. The opinion that there are things worth more than human life and the opinion that there is nothing preferable to life. When nations begin to fight, it's on the pretext of the former type of people and it justifies the latter when they stop.
Yang Wen-li
- History
For as long as human history goes on, the past will continue to accumulate. History isn't just records of the past. It's also proof that civilization has continued to advance to the present. Our present civilization is the result of our past.
Yang Wen-li
- Words
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.
Martin Luther King Jr.
- I Have A Dream
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
Yang Wen-li
- The Worst Conduct
What is the most cowardly and shameful thing in human conduct? It's when people with power, and those who flatter them, hide in safe places and extol war - who force patriotism and self-sacrifice on others, sending them to the battlefield to die.
Paul Hawken
- Movements
Movements change how we think and how we see the world, creating more evolved social norms. What was once accepted and thought to be normal becomes unthinkable. What was marginalized or derided becomes honored and respected.
Akane Tsunemori
- People protect the law
The law doesn't protect people - people protect the law. Humans have always fought against evil and sought a righteous way of living as a group. The accumulation of society's feelings are the law. People have prayed for a better world since the dawn of time and sacrifice their own freedoms for its sake. In order for those prayers to hold meaning, we have to protect the law.
Shinchi Izumi
- Protecting Life
Even if we can't comprehend other life forms, they are, without a doubt, neighbors deserving of our respect. We protect them because humans themselves are lonely creatures.
Rintaro Okabe
- Give it your all
The fact that you have only one shot at life is what makes it so precious and special. If you had more chances at life, then you would not have valued it as much. One chance is all you have, and it is all for the best.
Kurisu Makise
- Word Lines
Maybe there are copies of me on countless world lines. Maybe all their minds are connected, forming a single "me." That sounds wonderful, don't you think? Being in all times and in all places.
Rider
- A Conqueror
Even the inferiority you feel is actually a quality of a conqueror. You may grumble a lot, but you know how small you are. And yet you still struggle to reach heights greater than you can imagine. Glory lies beyond the horizon. Challenge it because it is unreachable. Speak of conquest and demonstrate it. I shall grieve, and I shall weep. But I shall never regret.
Rider
- Living is more important than having a Legacy
I suppose having your name recorded in the history books is a form of immortality. But if that just means your name gets passed down for two thousand years and nothing else, I'd have preferred to have even a hundredth of that added to my actual life.
Kiritsugu Emiya
- "Noble" War is Still War
Knights cannot save the world. They call certain methods of fighting good and others evil, acting as if there were some nobility to the battlefield. Such illusions, perpetrated by heroes throughout history, have led countless young men to their bloody deaths, all for the sake of this valor and glory.
Akane Tsunemori
- Decision
It's not the final judgement of good and evil that's important. What matters is that you come to that decision yourself. That you agonize over it and eventually accept it.
Shogo Makishima
- The perfect plan
A perfect plan doesn't mean having everything go within expectations. A perfect plan is achieved when it has the plasticity needed to flexibly deal with troubles.
Kiritsugu Emiya
- There's no hope on the battlefield
There's no hope on the battlefield. It has nothing but unspeakable despair. Just a crime we call victory, paid for by the pain of the defeated. Yet humanity has never recognized this truth. And the reason for this is, in every era, a dazzling hero has blinded people with their legends and prevents them from seeing the evils of bloodshed.
