squirrelwrangler:

A sword is a weapon. Kenjutsu is the art of killing. Whatever pretty words you use to speak of it, this is its true nature. What Kaoru-dono says are the words of one who has never dirtied her hands. A utopian ideal. However when I compare the two I like Kaoru-dono’s idealism better than kenjutsu’s true nature. If one can ask so much, I want the world to accept her ideals as its true nature.—HIMURA KENSHIN