Rashōmon

A few insightful quotes from Akira Kurosawa’s (黒澤 明) masterpiece Rashōmon (羅生門), spoken by the unnamed commoner:

But is there anyone who’s really good? Maybe goodness is just make-believe.

Man just wants to forget the bad stuff, and believe in the made-up good stuff. It’s easier that way.

It’s human to lie. Most of the time we can’t even be honest with ourselves.