Ko Nishimura — Murata, Minister of Space

The end of learning is the formation of character.

In the religiosity of Zen Buddhism, demythologization of the mythical and existentialization of the scientific belong to one and the same process.

Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.

Life is a song - sing it.

There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so. To fulfill one's duty elevates the soul to a state of constant sweetness. Love is the bond between men, the way to teach and the center of the world.

A sudden splendour seemed to kindle day
A breeze came breathing in a sweet perfume
Blown from eternal gardens, filled the room.

Although life is a matter of indifference, the use which you make of it is not a matter of indifference.

The problem with competition is that it takes away the requirement to set your own path, to invent your own method, to find a new way.

Victor Wong as Chen Baochen

After listening to Masih and watching what's happening in the streets of Tehran, and though it pains me to say it, if only Russian men were as brave as Iranian women!

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.

Aide, Charles Hamilton, see Hamilton Aide, Charles

Chanchal Chowdhury as the mysterious prisoner alias David Adam

You cannot seek Destruction and return unscathed.

The vagrant moon trailed through the town and I tagged along, nurturing within me unfulfillable dreams and dissonant songs.