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.
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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?
But we're not bad people. We're like our emblem, the snake: sleek, powerful, and frequently misunderstood.
Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?
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There is no such thing as peace in this world.
I taught you that in order to control people, you need to use the darkness in their hearts.
The longer you live the more you realize that reality is just made of pain, suffering and emptiness.
Those who do not understand true pain can never understand true peace.
Love is the reason why there is pain. When we lose someone precious to us, hate is born.
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.
When you have a connection to a friend... friendship can change the world in unbelievable ways.
It's human nature not to realize the true value of something unless they lose it.
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2Either people change or they die before they do. It's one or the other.
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People's lives don't end when they die. It ends when they lose faith.
Those who cannot acknowledge themselves, will eventually fail.
Tobi, even a Buddha loses its patience when insulted a third time. One more word, and there'll be no doubt about the cause of your death.
If love is just a word, then why does it hurt so much if you realize it isn't there?
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.
I was not born with a whole lot of natural talent, not gifted like Neji. But I work hard and I never give up. That is my gift, that is my ninja way!
The things that are most important aren’t written in books. You have to learn them by experiencing them yourself.
Neither of us have any sort of luck, do we? You keep the world at bay… but I keep you at bay.
Thank you for letting me become a mother. And Minato a father. Thank you so much... for having been born to us!
We fight believing in our own justice. But if the enemy is doing the same thing, who's right?
More than love, you seek acknowledgement. More than touch, you crave understanding. More than a lover, you need a friend.
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?
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.
When you lose everything, that's when you're finally free.
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