Quotes from Naruto

Justice comes from vengeance but justice only breeds more vengeance.

Sometimes you must hurt in order to know, fall in order to grow, lose in order to gain. Because life's greatest lessons are learned through pain.

In this world, wherever there is light - there are also shadows. As long as the concept of winners exists, there must also be losers. The selfish desire of wanting to maintain peace causes wars, and hatred is born to protect love.

People live their lives bound by what they accept as correct and true. That's how they define reality. But what does it mean to be correct or true? Merely vague concepts. Their reality may all be a mirage. Can we consider them to simply be living in their own world, shaped by their beliefs?

As long as there is love, there will be hatred.

I'm telling you this because you don't get it. You think you get it, which is not the same as actually getting it. Get it?

if you get lost
in the dark,
find your way using
other peoples light

Failing doesn't give you a reason to give up as long as you believe

No one cared who I was until I put on a mask.

The hole in one's heart gets filled by others around you. Friends won't flock to someone who abandons the memory of his friends and gives up on the world just because things don't go the way he wants them to. That won't help fill the hole in your heart. And people won't help those who run away and do nothing. As long as you don't give up, there will always be salvation.

You know how the game of chess is played. Pieces must be sacrificed!

If love is just a word, then why does it hurt so much if you realize it isn't there?

Those who don't follow the rules are trash. But, those who abandon their friends are even worse than trash.

A snake that crawled on the earth one day dreamed of soaring through the sky, though knowing it was impossible. Still, hoping beyond hope, it kept it's eye on a baby bird which it raised in its own nest, little realizing that actually the snake is prey because that bird is a hawk, ready to take to the sky.

Sorry I'm late guys, a black cat crossed my path so I had to go the long way.

Those who forgive themselves, and are able to accept their true nature... they are the strong ones.

White Zetsu: "When you're sad and alone…"
Black Zetsu: "...the only one you can count on is yourself."

A hero is not the one who never falls. He is the one that who gets up, again and again, never losing sights of his dreams.

Your words cut deep, deeper than any blade.

There is no such thing as hope! The concept of hope is nothing more than giving up, a word that holds no true meaning.

I taught you that in order to control people, you need to use the darkness in their hearts.

Pain allows people to grow - and how you grow is up to you.

A smile is the easiest way out of a difficult situation.

It's human nature not to realize the true value of something unless they lose it.

We fight believing in our own justice. But if the enemy is doing the same thing, who's right?

The moment people come to know love, they run the risk of carrying hate.

It is not wise to judge others based on your own preconceptions and by their appearances.

We don't know what kind of people we truly are until the moment before our deaths. As death comes to embrace you, you will realize what you are. That's what death is, don't you think?

The longer you live the more you realize that reality is just made of pain, suffering and emptiness.

Wake up to reality! Nothing ever goes as planned in this world. The longer you live, the more you realize that in this reality only pain, suffering and futility exist.

[to Naruto] That settles it, I've actually found a bigger idiot than my brother.

Grown-ups are idiots. If they really want to bring an end to this endless fighting, they need to sit down with one another and reach a truce.

Laziness is the mother of all bad habits. But ultimately she is a mother and we should respect her!

You would think just this once, when it was life or death, I could pull through.

Sometimes I wish I was just a cloud, just floating along.

A weapon can either be strong or weak, depending on the ability of person who is using it. An expert with a pebble can still beat a novice with a shuriken.

Black Zetsu: "Not yet. Be patient!"
White Zetsu: "The next time you open your eyes you'll be seeing a whole new world… things are getting really fun."

You're just another part of the shinobi history I created! A brat like you can't touch the likes of me.

His soul was as pure as snow.

Where he's gone I cannot follow. We wouldn't be welcome where Haku's gone to. Hell's where we're going, Gatō!

You were always at my side, the least I can do is to be beside you at the end. I know it cannot be, but I wish I could go to where you have gone. How I wish I could join you there, Haku.

When I was your age, my hands were already soaked in blood.

When you've hovered between life and death so many times that it doesn't faze you, you may be called a ninja. When you've become so deadly that your profile has been entered into my bingo book, then you may have earned the title ninja.

The moment people come to know love, they run the risk of carrying hate.

There is no such thing as peace in this world.

People's lives don't end when they die. It ends when they lose faith.

You know you're alive if you feel pain.

The face of my enemy scares me only when I realize how much it resembles mine.

When a man learns to love, he must bear the risk of hatred.

It's not because I'm lazy, it's just because I don't care.