Quotes from Psycho-Pass

- Why are you so focused on making sure nobody kills Makishima?

- Because it's illegal. Because I can't overlook a crime.

- Why are you going that far to obey the law when that law can neither judge a criminal nor protect people?

- The law doesn't protect people. People protect the law. People have always detested evil and sought out a righteous way of living. The law is the accumulation of those people's feelings. They're neither the provisions nor the system. They're the fragile and irreplaceable feelings that everyone carries in their hearts. Compared to the power of anger and hatred, they're something that can easily break down. All thoughout time, people have prayed for a better world. In order for those prayers to continue to hold meaning, we have to try our best to protect it to the very end. We can't just give upon it. 

Everyone is alone. Everyone is empty. People no longer have any need of others. You can always find a substitute for any talent. Any relationship can be replaced. That's the world I grew tired of.

Instead of aimlessly empathizing with others, you should be able to oversee human action from an outsider's viewpoint.

Value exists only in the acts based on one's free will.

Books aren't just something you read. They're like a form of meditation.

The System determines everyone's aptitudes and we all have no choice but to live by it and be satisfied with whatever "happiness" is forced upon us as we are unable to make our real dreams come true. Don't you want to discover the person you desire to be?

Isn't using the net just like using knives for cooking or using paper to write things down? It's not intrinsically good or bad. It's just there, so we accept it and use it.

Even beautiful flowers must eventually wither and fall. That's the fate of all living beings. If that's how it is, it's only natural that one would wish to freeze them in them while they're still blossoming in full glory.

Say you're at a dark swamp and you can't see the bottom. If you want to find out what's in that swamp, you have no choice but to jump in. Saiga's used to it since he's dived in so many times already. But it's not like all his students can dive into that swamp and come back safely. There're gaps in their abilities, not to mention their basic suitability.

They say that fools learn from their experience, while the wise learn from history. Since you insist on being a fool, you should try learning through experience like this one. That's the fastest route to understanding things.

- Can we really say that we won?

- Detective work is, by nature, about treating wounds. Our investigations start after there're victims. In that sense, we lost before we even started. But at least we were able to end this lost game in a draw. We'll just have to settle for that.

“Justice is subject to dispute; might is easily recognized and is not disputed. So we cannot give might to justice.” — Blaise Pascal

"When you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you."—Friedrich W. Nietzsche