63 Quotes by Natsume Sōseki

Sometimes when I can no longer endure the strain, I beg him to tell me what is wrong with me and help me to correct it. Then he always says that I have nothing to correct, assuring me that it is he who is at fault. And I become sadder and sadder until I weep with the desire to know my fault.

It’s so unrewarding, being a woman.

The world's evaluations of an individual's social worth, like the slits in my eyeballs, change with time and circumstance. In point of fact my pupil-slits vary but modestly between broad and narrow, but mankind's judgements turn somersaults and cartwheels for no conceivable reason.

It's only natural for the docile creature of yesteryear to become difficult today. That's just the way people are. You can try forcing someone to remember how he felt in winter and keep shivering after summer comes, but it won't happen. A person might not be able to eat when they're sick but nobody can make they give up food for the rest of their life... The trouble with people is they think they are solid as rock.

Kalau kau bisa membeli kekaguman seseorang dengan uang, kekuasaan, atau logika, maka lintah darat, polisi, dan profesor universitas akan memiliki lebih banyak pengagum daripada siapa pun.

Ketika manusia bebas memutuskan untuk menghormatimu, hadiah yang kaumiliki lebih mahal nilainya daripada apapun.

From then on, my thesis hung over me like a curse, and with bloodshot eyes, I worked like a madman.

No wonder we never see the end of war in the world. Among individuals, it is, after all, the question of superiority of the fist.

I am a lonely man,' Sensei said. 'And so I am glad that you come to see me. But I am also a melancholy man, and so I asked you why you should wish to visit me so often.