Mikihisa Asakura quotes from Shaman King (by release date)

Mikihisa Asakura: For when someone abandons doubt, they abandon growth!

Mikihisa Asakura: Such fixed ideas are merely temporary tricks used by weak-willed people to keep control of their minds when they feel like they might waver.

Ren: If you adults are so powerful, why do you pin your hopes on children?
Mikihisa: Because we can see our own ceilings. Everyone becomes aware of it one day once they've grown up. The ceiling looming over their heads represents their own limits. And the older you get, the closer it comes, each stain and smudge getting ever clearer.

Mikihisa Asakura: Fighting for something important is to be commended. But what's the point in continuing when what you were protecting has gone?