Osamu Tezuka Quotes & Sayings

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

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

My teacher said once that every man faces seven enemies in his lifetime. Sickness, hunger, betrayal, envy, greed, old age, and then death ... — Osamu Tezuka

Manga is virtual. Manga is sentiment. Manga is resistance. Manga is bizarre. Manga is pathos. Manga is destruction. Manga is arrogance. Manga is love. Manga is kitsch. Manga is sense of wonder. Manga is ... there is no conclusion yet. — Osamu Tezuka

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

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

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

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

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

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

Like an insect larva that repeatedly molts its skin as it develops, Ayako rapidly transformed from a young girl into a fully-grown woman. — Osamu Tezuka

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

I can cheat fear today - but won't it return tomorrow? Rather, I must embrace this fear ... and find peace in its bosom. — Osamu Tezuka

A life must be saved as long as it can be no matter whose it is. — Osamu Tezuka

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