Osamu Sato Quotes

When I get tired, and I don't think I have another ounce of energy left, I just cling to God's hem.
~Mama Sato ~ Kiyo Sato

A person who never suffers has no chance to become strong in mind and body. ~ Tochan Sayo ~ Kiyo Sato

I yearned for everything long gone. ~ Osamu Dazai

It is the earnest hope of our people that the world may see the day when all nuclear weapons are abolished. ~ Eisaku Sato

It is only natural that for any statesman at the helm of any government the question of his country's security should be a concern of the utmost importance. ~ Eisaku Sato

I'm going somewhere where there aren't any women. ~ Osamu Dazai

I'm still living in my post-war. ~ Osamu Tezuka

Heaven forbid if beauty were to have substance. ~ Osamu Dazai

Most people would take me for over forty. ~ Osamu Dazai

If you've slept soundly at night the morning is exhilarating, I suppose. ~ Osamu Dazai

People depend on death to be complete. While alive, they are all incomplete. ~ Osamu Dazai

The blue sky is most beautiful when see through a prison cell window. ~ Osamu Dazai

What is society but an individual? ~ Osamu Dazai

The international order established at the end of World War II could certainly have been worse. However, this order did contain certain factors which bore within them the seeds of instability. ~ Eisaku Sato

Japan is the only country in the world to have suffered the ravages of atomic bombing. That experience left an indelible mark on the hearts of our people, making them passionately determined to renounce all wars. ~ Eisaku Sato

Of late a gloomy rain has been falling almost incessantly. Whatever I do depresses me. ~ Osamu Dazai

Life itself is bound to be dreary if you carry a lot of baggage about. ~ Osamu Dazai

Every family," he jested, "has a fool - just to keep it in touch with reality. ~ Osamu Dazai

Disqualified as a human being. ~ Osamu Dazai

The weak fear happiness itself. ~ Osamu Dazai

The desire to see Okinawa returned to Japan developed into a broad national consensus among our people. ~ Eisaku Sato

Regardless of the cause, those in charge always seemed to be seeking power and glory for themselves. ~ Osamu Dazai

I drew with extremely excessively depressed emotions, deliberately penning each line, only to earn money for drink. ~ Osamu Dazai

Subsequently, the Japanese people experienced a variety of vicissitudes and were involved in international disputes, eventually, for the first time in their history, experiencing the horrors of modern warfare on their own soil during World War II. ~ Eisaku Sato

The ones who die are always the gentle, sweet, and beautiful people. ~ Osamu Dazai

They called me by my first name and bought me drinks. ~ Osamu Dazai

In the present world, the most beautiful thing is a victim. ~ Osamu Dazai

Is this what all you refined gentlemen are like - wishing and pining and never acting? ~ Osamu Dazai

As for love ... no, having once written that word I can write nothing more. ~ Osamu Dazai

I hope I meet lots of people with lovely eyes. ~ Osamu Dazai

Coincidence doesn't happen a third time. ~ Osamu Tezuka

As usual, the deed was less daunting than the thought of it. ~ Osamu Tezuka

It was also during my tenure of office that the Japanese Government agreed to the conclusion of a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and signed it, pursuing a policy in harmony with the avowed desire of the people. ~ Eisaku Sato

I have suffered much at the hands of human society. Forgive me if I seem overly suspicious. ~ Osamu Dazai

Love flies out the window when poverty comes in the door, they say, and it's true. ~ Osamu Dazai

Mornings are grey. Always the same. Absolutely empty. ~ Osamu Dazai

A mere smile can determine a woman's fate. It is frightening. Fascinatingly so. I have to be careful. ~ Osamu Dazai

The thought of dying has never bothered me, but getting hurt, losing blood, becoming crippled and the like - no thanks. ~ Osamu Dazai

When I liked something I tasted it hesitantly, furtively, as though it were extremely bitter. ~ Osamu Dazai

Comics are an international language, they can cross boundaries and generations. Comics are a bridge between all cultures. ~ Osamu Tezuka

We all live a sheet of paper away from death, so we shouldn't be surprised by death. ~ Osamu Dazai

The source of our laughter is the small stone that tumbled into a corner of Pandora's box. ~ Osamu Dazai

I hated school and never read a textbook. I only read entertaining books. ~ Osamu Dazai

Now we are living in the age of comics as air ~ Osamu Tezuka

The weak fear happiness itself. They can harm themselves on cotton wool. Sometimes they are wounded even by happiness ~ Osamu Dazai

I despised him as one fit only for amusement, a man with whom I associated for that sole purpose. ~ Osamu Dazai

hope and passion slip through your fingers like sand and in front of you lies a vast stretch of darkness ~ Dazai Osamu

no thought in the world is worse than the realization that, "My life is a nuisance to others. I am useless. ~ Osamu Dazai

Human beings wear clothing and walk upright, but when you take that away, we're nothing but monkeys. ~ Osamu Tezuka

Everything passes. ~ Osamu Dazai

I have never been able to
meet anyone without an accompaniment of painful
smiles, the buffoonery of defeat. ~ Osamu Dazai

The "literary world" was a place I was grateful for, and blessed, I thought, were those who could spend their lives there. ~ Osamu Dazai

When you've got the devil's own luck, you're immune from the usual run of disasters. Such people must be utilized. ~ Osamu Dazai

My surroundings are becoming as bright as I am. Until now, usually, haven't the places we appeared automatically become bright and splendid? ~ Osamu Dazai

To deceive someone who trusts you is to enter a hell that can take you to the brink of madness. ~ Osamu Dazai

A true artist is an ugly man. ~ Osamu Dazai

I have always found the female of the human species many times more difficult to understand than the male. ~ Osamu Dazai

Long personal experience had taught me that when a woman suddenly bursts into hysterics, the way to restore her sprits is to give her something sweet. ~ Osamu Dazai

The smile of one flower permeates those who live next to death more than the problem of life and death. ~ Osamu Dazai

Disqualified as a human being. I had now ceased utterly to be a human being. ~ Osamu Dazai

Love all creatures! Love everything that has life! ~ Osamu Tezuka

Disqualified as a human beings. I had now ceased utterly to be a human beings. ~ Osamu Dazai

Where there is ignorance, sickness will thrive. ~ Osamu Tezuka

Is it painful to be the person who waits? Or is it more painful to be the person who makes others wait? Either way, there's no need to wait anymore. That's what is most painful. - Osamu Dazai ~ Osamu Dazai

Show me what you've written, I said, although I wanted desperately to avoid looking at it. ~ Osamu Dazai

There was no way I could be confident! But it was obvious that the patient will die if I don't do something!
-Dr. Honma ~ Osamu Tezuka

They scolded us for not having any real hopes or real ambitions, but if we were to pursue our true ideals, would these people watch and guide us along the way? ~ Osamu Dazai

I have tried insofar as possible to avoid getting involved in the sordid complications of human beings. I have been afraid of being sucked down into their bottomless whirlpool. ~ Osamu Dazai

I think humanity is universal love and no one should be banished. The natural love of humanity is not to be forgotten under any circumstances. ~ Osamu Dazai

In terms of sealing your fate, there's no difference between turning right on a whim and turning right because you've come to some momentous resolve. Either way, it can't be undone. ~ Osamu Dazai

If the attainment of peace is the ultimate objective of all statesmen, it is, at the same time, something very ordinary, closely tied to the daily life of each individual. ~ Eisaku Sato

The only thing people like you can see is other people's faults, and you're oblivious to the horror in your own hearts. You people terrify me. ~ Osamu Dazai

Human beings never submit to human beings. ~ Osamu Dazai

Each day I deceived myself, unlike you who could never deceive yourself. Anxiety was trapped in the depths of my heart, like a formation of black clouds I could not break free of. ~ Osamu Dazai

What uneasiness lies in being loved. ~ Osamu Dazai

Whenever anyone criticized me I felt certain that I had been living under the most dreadful misapprehension. I always accepted the attack in silence, though inwardly so terrified as almost to be out of my mind. ~ Osamu Dazai

Haven't we known for a long time that it's a mistake to attach meaning to each and every action of a person? Forced explanations often end in a distortion of lies. ~ Osamu Dazai

To begin with, I believe a fatal contradiction lies between women's right to vote and lipstick. Those guys usually aren't popular with the ladies. Without a doubt, this is a plan for revenge. ~ Osamu Dazai

American planes circled the clear blue sky of late fall. We stood in front of the Miyoshino-style building and looked up at them. "They're flying around in vain." "Yeah," Mabo said with a smile. ~ Osamu Dazai

He could only consider me as the living corpse of a would-be suicide, a person dead to shame, an idiot ghost. ~ Osamu Dazai

I go about saying how pained and tormented, how lonely and sad I feel, but what do I really mean by that? If I were to speak the truth, I would die. ~ Osamu Dazai

What is one man's life compared to the eternity of time and space? No more than a snowflake that glitters in the sun for a moment before melting into the flow of time. ~ Osamu Tezuka

Communal living had proved quite impossible for me. It gave me chills just to hear such words as "the ardor of youth" or "youthful pride": I could not by any stretch of the imagination soak myself in "college spirit. ~ Osamu Dazai

In my case such an expression as 'to be fallen for' or even 'to be loved' is not in the least appropriate; perhaps it describes the situation more accurately to say that I was 'looked after. ~ Osamu Dazai

To be a friend of the weak-that is the artist's point of departure as well as his ultimate goal. ~ Osamu Dazai

Even if Mary gives birth to a child who is not her husband's, if she has a shining pride, they become a holy mother and child. ~ Osamu Dazai

I felt as though the vessel if my suffering had become empty, as if nothing could interest me now. I had lost even the ability to suffer. ~ Osamu Dazai

But the planes have a new elegant shape. Not one unnecessary ornament." "Yes," said Mabo softly and watched the planes fly off through the sky with a childlike innocence. "A form with no unneeded ornaments is nice. ~ Osamu Dazai

No. You won't do. You've treated me nicely, yes, but only because you find me curious and amusing. It made me feel so lonely, somehow ... I'm really just a foolish and useless person. ~ Osamu Dazai

Women don't know anything about happiness or unhappiness."
"Perhaps not. What about man?"
"Men only have unhappiness. They are always fighting fear. ~ Osamu Dazai

Are "people in the world", I wonder, creatures that spend their whole lives greeting each other in stiff, formal patterns, being cautious about each other, then growing tired of each other? I hate meeting people. ~ Osamu Dazai

I have sometimes thought that I have been burdened with a pack of ten misfortunes, any one of which if borne by my neighbor would be enough to make a murderer out of him. ~ Osamu Dazai

I slept quietly so that I would breathe without coughing, and felt a curious indifference. I even felt like I had been waiting for that night for a long time. The words "heart's desire" came to mind. ~ Osamu Dazai

I have never derived the least joy out of amusements. Perhaps that is a sign of the impotence of pleasure. I ran riot and threw myself into wild diversions out of the simple desire to escape from my own shadow. ~ Osamu Dazai

I know that I am liked by other people, but I seem to be deficient in the faculty to love others. (I should add that I have very strong doubts as to whether even human beings really possess this faculty.) ~ Osamu Dazai

By nature, it's impossible to describe enlightenment! How do you plan on sharing your enlightenment? Hahaha, that's impossible. Wake up! That'll be the end of the world if you ever succeed! ~ Osamu Tezuka

Whenever I was asked what I wanted my first impulse was to answer "Nothing." The thought went through my mind that it didn't make any difference, that nothing was going to make me happy. ~ Osamu Dazai

Just to see all the books lining the shelves would lighten my mood as if by magic. Of course, I didn't go to bookstores just to read articles on anatomy. I went because any book gave me comfort and solace at the time. ~ Osamu Dazai

We have no one to go to for help. Not even a church. Anything goes, now that our President Roosevelt signed the order to get rid of us. How can he do this to his own citizens? No lawyer has the courage to defend us. Caucasian friends stay away for fear of being labeled "Jap lovers." There's not a more lonely feeling than to be banished by my own country. There's no place to go. ~ Kiyo Sato

I'm going to paint too. I'm going to paint pictures of ghosts and devils and horses out of hell. ~ Osamu Dazai