Neon Genesis Evangelion Quotes

"No one can justify life by linking happy moments into a rosary."

— Shinji Ikari · Neon Genesis Evangelion

"As long as one person still lives...it shall be proof eternal that mankind ever existed."

— Yui Ikari · Neon Genesis Evangelion

"Humans constantly feel pain in their hearts. Because the heart is so sensitive to pain, humans also feel that to live is to suffer."

— Kaworu Nagisa · Neon Genesis Evangelion

"I still don't know where to find happiness. But I'll continue to think about whether it's good to be here... whether it was good to have been born. But in the end, it's just realizing the obvious over and over again. Because I am myself."

— Shinji Ikari · Neon Genesis Evangelion

"Humans cannot create anything out of nothingness. Humans cannot accomplish anything without holding onto something. After all, humans are not gods."

— Kaworu Nagisa · Neon Genesis Evangelion

"Are you afraid of other people? I know that by keeping others at a distance you avoid a betrayal of your trust, but you must endure the loneliness. Man can never completely erase this sadness, because all men are fundamentally alone. Pain is something man must carry in his heart, and since the heart feels pain so easily, some believe that life is pain."

— Kaworu Nagisa · Neon Genesis Evangelion

"If you know pain and hardship, it's easier to be kind to others."

— Ryoji Kaji · Neon Genesis Evangelion

"So fucking what if I'm not you?! That doesn't mean it's okay for you to give up! If you do, I'll never forgive you as long as I live. God knows I'm not perfect either. I've made tons of stupid mistakes and later I regretted them. And I've done it over and over again, thousands of times. A cycle of hollow joy and vicious self-hatred. But even so, every time I learned something about myself."

— Misato Katsuragi · Neon Genesis Evangelion

"Those who hate themselves, cannot love or trust others."

— Rei Ayanami · Neon Genesis Evangelion

"Mankind's greatest fear is Mankind itself."

— Gendou Ikari · Neon Genesis Evangelion

"You're thinking in Japanese! If you must think, do it in German!"

— Souryuu Asuka Langley · Neon Genesis Evangelion

"The thread of human hope is spun with the flax of sorrow."

— Kaworu Nagisa · Neon Genesis Evangelion

"This is the impenetrable wall of Jericho third child. Take one step over this wall, and you will be a dead man."

— Souryuu Asuka Langley · Neon Genesis Evangelion

"It is simply the duty of the elite to protect the ignorant masses."