The best Quotes by Osamu Dazai

Justice is a weapon. It can be used to cause harm, but it cannot protect or save others.

Stop pitying yourself. Pity yourself, and life becomes an endless nightmare.

A good book is always good, no matter how many times you've already read it.

Some use their powers to achieve great success, while others fall into ruin as a result of being unable to control their powers.

You should forget about your debts. No one remembers what you owe to them.

I've only ever regretted the things I didn't do.

Wealth is a nightmare. With each coveted thing we buy, we lose a thing we dream about.

People exist to save themselves. You will understand that at the moment of your death.

Human strength exists to be shared with those who are in the depths of despair.

People need to be told they're worthy of being alive by someone else or they can't go on.

Do you think if you put your life on the line fighting for others, someone will stamp a form certifying you deserve to live?

If you try to save someone you can't save, you'll both end up sinking.

I saw a bright world. I cannot go back to a time when I did not know such a thing existed.

I do think it is wonderful when a man strongly believes in an ideal, and pours his heart and soul into it.

If I killed that close friend, wouldn't we break free of that brainwashing we call "feeling" and be able to prove ourselves truly as free as birds?

No matter where I run, the tiger follows. It's the same as the way I can't escape the beating of my own heart. For you're my strength to keep living.

What's death, you ask? Let me tell you, Death is the loss of life. No matter how hard we doctors try, our patients' lives just slip through our fingers.

It's not whether I can win, it's about whether I'm willing to fight. Prevailing against myself, that's what I've always done.

Justice comes from vengeance but justice only breeds more vengeance.

Do not seek revenge and call it justice.

Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.

Anyone who thinks they're indispensible is fooling themselves.

The ego is a fascinating monster.

Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

When you lose everything, that's when you're finally free.

We're not defined by what we los. We're defined by what we survive.