Rurouni Kenshin Quotes

"What is truly good about a person can't be expressed in words, that it can not. What matters is the feeling of trust one gets after spending time with him."

— Kenshin Himura · Rurouni Kenshin

"We once fought together for an ideal with our swords. It wasn't for power or for glory, but to create a peaceful world where people could live without fear. And if you should forget about that, then what did we fight the revolution for?"

— Kenshin Himura · Rurouni Kenshin

"You believe that the strong exist to cull the weak. To use them as food. But you are mistaken... The strong exist, not to feed off of the weak, but to protect them!"

— Kenshin Himura · Rurouni Kenshin

"The scar of my past will determine my future!"

— Kenshin Himura · Rurouni Kenshin

"The moon peers down on a diseased world... There is no cure for the disease, an entire race walks mindlessly into destruction. Not even a man of colossal power, would be able to prevent the inevitable."

— Seijuro Hiko · Rurouni Kenshin

"You can use whatever technique you like, but now that I said I will kill you... your death tonight has been assured."

— Kenshin Himura · Rurouni Kenshin

"A sword is a weapon. The art of swordsmanship is learning how to kill. What Miss Kaoru says is nothing but sweet and innocent talk, only those whose hands have never been stained with the blood of man can believe."

— Kenshin Himura · Rurouni Kenshin

"I would think that he's already seen through your heart, and is simply playing the fool to use you. He yanks on the strings of your cheap pride and you dance like a little marionette."

— Hajime Saitou · Rurouni Kenshin

"You will not touch these innocent people with even one inch of your dirty blades, if you require an opponent, I will fight you. If you wanna taste the ground, feel free to attack me."

— Kenshin Himura · Rurouni Kenshin

"A man that can't hold on to his beliefs can only be pathetic, dead or alive."

— Hajime Saitou · Rurouni Kenshin

"In this world, the weak are the sustenance of the strong. The strong live, the weak die."

— Makoto Shishio · Rurouni Kenshin

"New eras don't come about because of swords, they're created by the people who wield them."

— Kenshin Himura · Rurouni Kenshin

"Ugly? I'll have you know they call me The Rose of Martial Arts around here!"

— Kaoru Kamiya · Rurouni Kenshin

"Hey, I'll have you know that I almost really did kick the bucket during that training, so don't you dare sum it all up in one word, even if it is a nice one like "potential"."

— Sanosuke Sagara · Rurouni Kenshin

"You can train a dog with food. You can buy a person with money. But there isn't a man alive able to influence the wolves of Mibu! Some things will never change. A wolf will always be a wolf."

— Hajime Saitou · Rurouni Kenshin

"Perhaps the distant part of the sky always seems clearest, so that we will always strive to reach it."

— Kenshin Himura · Rurouni Kenshin

"Let's just say... what's mine is mine, and what's yours... is also mine."

— Hajime Saitou · Rurouni Kenshin

"The moment you find the courage to give up your life for someone... Would be the moment you understand love."

— Kenshin Himura · Rurouni Kenshin

"No matter how much you hurt inside, the dead can never return."

— Seijuro Hiko · Rurouni Kenshin