Kyoami: Man is born crying. When he has cried enough, he dies.
Kyoami: In a mad world only the mad are sane.
Hidetora: I am lost...
Kyoami: Such is the human condition.
Kyoami: Are there no gods... no Buddha? If you exist, hear me. You are mischievous and cruel! Are you so bored up there you must crush us like ants? Is it such fun to see men weep?
Tango: Enough! Do not blaspheme! It is the gods who weep. They see us killing each other over and over since time began. They can't save us from ourselves.
Kyoami: Why stay with this mad old man? If the rock you stay on starts to roll, jump clean. Or you'll go with it and be squashed. Only a fool stays aboard.
Tango: Men prefer sorrow over joy... suffering over peace!
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji: Does a traitor betray himself?
Hidetora: The Great Lord goes nowhere alone.
Jiro: You renounced your power. You have no need of an escort.
Hidetora: Only the birds and the beasts live in solitude.
Kurogane: Saburo is not our only enemy.
Jiro: So what? If they attack, we retaliate. We grab their land and enlarge our own.
Kurogane: Fine words, but words don't win wars.
Kyoami: The failed mind sees the heart's failings...
Hidetora: [Hidetora awakens in the ruins of a castle] Where are we?
Kyoami: We're in paradise!
Hidetora: [Hidetora has just signed a pledge abdicating his authority to Taro] Are you a son?
Taro Takatora Ichimonji: What do you mean?
Hidetora: Is this a son's attitude? The hen pecks the cock and makes him a crow.
