A lesson without pain is meaningless. For you cannot gain anything without sacrificing something else in return, but once you have overcome it and made it your own...you will gain an irreplaceable fullmetal heart.

In researching this volume, I interviewed veterans who had been at the front during World War II. I read countless books, examined film footage, and listened to many detailed and intense stories firsthand, but the one comment that affected me the most came from a former soldier who lowered his gaze to the tabletop and said, ‘I never watch war movies.

Believe in yourself. Pick a path that you, deep down in your soul, won't be ashamed of.

When I, who is called a "weapon" or a "monster", fight a real monster, I can fully realize that I am just a "human".

There's no such thing as being cowardly in a fight. ~Edward Elric

It’s ironic that as scientists that don’t believe in god, were the ones that are closest to god.

Teachings that do not speak of pain have no meaning...because humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return.