Rurouni Kenshin Quotes

Sanosuke Sagara (Zanza): You guys are so weak. If I were to fight you I'd be oppressing the weak. Here, I'll fight you with one hand.

Soujiro: The strong survive. The weak die. But... is it really that bad to be weak?

Hajime Saito: The Shinsen group is still the Shinsen group. A wolf is still a wolf. Nothing's change. And no matter what, a slasher will always be... a slasher. That's true, Batusai

Makoto Shishio: [Trying to prove to his assistant that hell exists] Shishio : Himura has experienced fighting with Aoshi and it's hell for him. Okina's parents were killed in front of his eyes and it was hell. I was burned, every inch of my body in pain shouting for death, and it's hell. Now, do you think that hell is not here on earth? If hell is not here, then why the hell should I keep you alive?

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

Kenshin Himura: Shishio's logic dictates that the winner of a battle, in other words, the strong, is always correct, that it does. If the truth could be discovered by winning one or two battles, then we'd all go through life without ever being wrong. A person's life isn't so simple a matter, that it isn't. The true answer is something you find out yourself by how you live your life from this day forward, that it is.

Kenshin Himura: I thought I made it clear, I have no desire to take anyone's life, no matter what the reason. And also, I'm sure I'm not the devil!

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

Sanosuke Sagara: I wouldn't mind picking a fight for a change. Usually, I don't have any choice about who I fight with, but I can't stand watching people abuse those weaker than them. Something about that sort of bugs me. Especially when it's a bunch of hypocrites talking about the virtues of freedom and justice for all. That really pisses me off.

Sanosuke Sagara: 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: Don't get me wrong, Kenshin, that doesn't mean I can let you die here. Yahiko and the Missie really need you around. I mean, it's not just those two. There are a lot of people in Japan right now who need a guy like you around. And, I don't care if people call me a liar or a cheater, if I think things aren't going well, I'll use the strongest Futae no Kiwami I've got and I'm gonna help you! As long as there are people who need you, I, Sanosuke, will risk my life and limb to make sure you don't die!

Sanosuke Sagara: Love and selfishness kinda go hand in hand, don't they?

Sanosuke Sagara: I don't give a damn about my life. But, if I have to die, I sure ain't going alone! I'll be dragging you all the way down to hell with me!

Megumi Takani: I think it's you who shouldn't take me so lightly! Listen to me, Kaoru. I became a doctor to help as many people as possible to atone for the sins I've committed. This is the path I chose to live and Sir Ken was the person who showed me this path I've chosen to follow. It's all because of what he said to me. So, no matter what the future holds in store for me and even if Sir Ken is no longer with us, I plan to walk the path of medicine. I'm doing everything I possibly can to deal others and that's how much I truly care about Kenshin. How dare you mock my feelings when you're doing nothing but acting like a brat! First, you kick and holler and now you turn on the tears? You just want everyone to feel sorry for you.

Hajime Saitoh: A wolf will always be a wolf, the Shinsengumi will always be the Shinsengumi, and a manslayer will always be a manslayer, isn't that right, Battousai?

Hajime Saitoh: How's that old saying go? The one about sneezes? If sneezing three times means someone doesn't like me, I think I'll survive.

Hajime Saitoh: You train a dog with food. You can buy a person with money. But there isn't a man alive able to influence the Wolf of Mibu.

Hajime Saitoh: The mongrel dog who tucks its tail between its legs and runs away from battle without fighting should not bark!

Misao Makimachi: Don't just stand there and talk to me like you know it all! You're a big knucklehead! You're telling me to forget Lord Aoshi? The reason I'm searching for him is because there is no way I can forget about him! How is forgetting about the one person I care about the most in the entire world suppose to ever make me happy?

Misao Makimachi: I, Misao Makimachi, see no compelling reason to give villians like you my name!

Misao Makimachi: Come on, Himura, why are you trying to push us away? Is it because we found out you're battousai the manslayer? That doesn't matter at all! I don't care what you were! When we first met, I met you as a wanderer, not as a manslayer!

Soujiro Seta: In the end, only the fittest survive in this world. If you're strong you live, if you're weak you die.

Soujiro Seta: Not killing, protecting the weak, everything you're saying is wrong! If it was true, back then wouldn't you have done something to protect me from everything that happened? If what you've been saying truly is correct then why didn't you protect me? Nobody helped me! Back then, you didn't protect me!

Soujiro Seta: I know of two men who were walking down the same path at the same point in the past and it took that long for them to reach opposite truths. So, I was thinking I might be able to find my own truth if I spend ten years wandering.

Seijuro Hiko: Because you've slain so many people, you don't even value your own life. That's what allows the manslayer's heart that lies deep within your true heart to take over your soul. Even if you use the power of that manslayer for a self-sacrificing purpose such as protecting those you love or the weak, it's still only one tiny pebble in the never-ending river of time. Live on, Kenshin. That way you'll be able to use the Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki as you please and you'll never again lose to the manslayer within you.

Seijuro Hiko: Before we begin there's one thing I need to say. If you do manage to learn this final technique, you will, in effect, gain a strength that will equal my own. But, don't let it go to your head! Times have changed and you can no longer afford to put everything on your own shoulders and be the only sacrifice. Even the happiness of one person is complicated these days. If you should fall as a sacrifice, the young lady who came to Kyoto with the one wish of seeing you will, without a doubt, be devastated by that loss. Think about it! No matter how powerful you become, you're still just a human being. Do not ever try to become something more than that.

Seijuro Hiko: He is pure of heart - but so are fools.

Jinei Udo: Within every fiber of your being you are truly a manslayer.

Soujiro Seta: The strong shall live and the weak shall die. That's the natural order of things. I can't understand why you have to help the weak, weak people are irrelevant. Shishio made me realize that the strong should live. He taught me to kill the weak and be aware of the strong people. Shishio gave me a sword, and if not for that sword I wouldn't be alive today. He also made me realize that I don't have a choice. If I don't kill them, they'll kill me. But the truth is, I never really wanted to kill anybody.

Kenshin Himura: If you require an opponent, I will fight you. If you want to taste the ground, feel free to attack me.

Sanosuke Sagara (Zanza): [about Kenshin] Give him a sword and he's unstoppable, but give him a bail of rice and he's just an ordinary guy.

Sanosuke Sagara (Zanza): [watching Kenshin buy radishes] No matter how you look at him, it's still hard to believe he's the legendary manslayer...

Sanosuke Sagara (Zanza): [about the fake Batousai] He has more nerve than the real Batousai...

Hajime Saitoh: The only thing I care about is 'ak sok zan' - slay evil immediately.

Sanosuke Sagara (Zanza): [after being punched straight in the head with a dagger and being completely unharmed] Is that the best you can do? Even with a dagger? Man, I sure picked a boring fight...

Kenshin Himura: [about the man who asked him to go to Kyoto with questionable intentions] There's one thing I'm sure of: if he was acting purely out of self interest Saitoh would have killed him long ago. Even in the Meji era, he's still a Wolf of Nebu.

Kenshin Himura: [about the guy he fought in the Revolution who tried to kill him again last week] We have some things in common, but I wouldn't call him a friend...

Sanosuke Sagara (Zanza): [to Saitoh] Hey, if you don't let me out of this jail cell, I'll let myself out!

Seijûrô Hiko: [to Kenshin] Why can't you bring me a souvenir, like a normal person, instead of all the trouble you usually bring with you?