"Everyone lives their own way. Whether you live for yourself or live for others... that is your own decision. A life of earnestly protecting and tending to someone isn't bad either. Though it's not that glorious of a life." — Naoto Inaba
""If I do this, I can stop the rebellion", "if I do that, I can stop the rebellion"... Open your eyes, princess! Your zealous idealism disgusts me! Ideals can only be spoken by those powerful enough to carry them out. And that excludes you!" — Crocodile
"After all this time, after being by your side and always looking after you I failed to make a place for myself deep within your heart. " — Masafumi Takeuchi
"You can certainly fulfill your wish to "save someone". But a wish for you to save yourself, does not exist. You will embrace a borrowed ideal that is not yours, and you will probably pursue it until you die." — Archer
"Without a body, I can't even cry. Why am I here? I can't go anywhere. I'm neither here nor there. Who am I here for? What am I here for?" — Atsushi Shimao
"It is a virtue to devote one's self to something, firmly believing in one's own ideals. But that does not mean it's alright to belittle the ideals or feelings of others. If you lead such a busy life and you don't realize how your parents feel, it's only self-satisfaction. It's alright to stop every now and again, if you want a moment's rest, if you want to feel what other people feel." — Vash the Stampede