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66* ⛩️ Zen
77
88#+begin_quote
9The obstacle is the path. — *Zen Proverb*
9The obstacle is the path.
10
11— *Zen Proverb*
1012#+end_quote
1113
1214#+begin_quote
1315Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood,
14carry water. — *Traditional*
16carry water.
17
18— *Traditional*
1519#+end_quote
1620
1721#+begin_quote
1822In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there
19are few. — *Shunryu Suzuki*
23are few.
24
25— *Shunryu Suzuki*
2026#+end_quote
2127
2228#+begin_quote
23Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself. —
24*Matsuo Bashō*
29Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.
30
31— *Matsuo Bashō*
2532#+end_quote
2633
2734* 💾 Cyberpunk & Sci-Fi
2835
2936#+begin_quote
30The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. —
31*William Gibson (Neuromancer)*
37The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.
38
39— *William Gibson (Neuromancer)*
3240#+end_quote
3341
3442#+begin_quote
35The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed. — *William
36Gibson*
43The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed.
44
45— *William Gibson*
3746#+end_quote
3847
3948#+begin_quote
40The street finds its own uses for things. — *William Gibson*
49The street finds its own uses for things.
50
51— *William Gibson*
4152#+end_quote
4253
4354#+begin_quote
44Information wants to be free. Information also wants to be expensive. — *Stewart
45Brand*
55Information wants to be free. Information also wants to be expensive.
56
57— *Stewart Brand*
4658#+end_quote
4759
4860#+begin_quote
49There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. — *Morpheus
50(The Matrix)*
61There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.
62
63— *Morpheus (The Matrix)*
5164#+end_quote
5265
5366#+begin_quote
5467If a ghost can coexist with a machine, then the definition of life needs to be
55rewritten. — *Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)*
68rewritten.
69
70— *Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)*
5671#+end_quote
5772
5873#+begin_quote
59The Net is vast and infinite. — *Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)*
74The Net is vast and infinite.
75
76— *Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)*
6077#+end_quote
6178
6279#+begin_quote
63Humanity is just a data set. — *Lain Iwakura (Serial Experiments Lain)*
80Humanity is just a data set.
81
82— *Lain Iwakura (Serial Experiments Lain)*
6483#+end_quote
6584
6685#+begin_quote
67I'm not a person. I'm a program. I'm a user-created entity. — *Quorra (Tron:
68Legacy)*
86I'm not a person. I'm a program. I'm a user-created entity.
87
88— *Quorra (Tron: Legacy)*
6989#+end_quote
7090
7191#+begin_quote
72I don't have a soul. I'm a machine. But I have a purpose. — *Alita (Alita: Battle
73Angel)*
92I don't have a soul. I'm a machine. But I have a purpose.
93
94— *Alita (Alita: Battle Angel)*
7495#+end_quote
7596
7697#+begin_quote
77Time not important, only life important. — *Mondoshawan (The Fifth Element)*
98Time not important, only life important.
99
100— *Mondoshawan (The Fifth Element)*
78101#+end_quote
79102
80103#+begin_quote
81I don’t want to survive. I want to live. — *The Captain (WALL-E)*
104I don’t want to survive. I want to live.
105
106— *The Captain (WALL-E)*
82107#+end_quote
83108
84109* 🥥 Minimalism & Simplicity
85110
86111#+begin_quote
87112Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is
88nothing left to take away. — *Antoine de Saint-Exupéry*
113nothing left to take away.
114
115— *Antoine de Saint-Exupéry*
89116#+end_quote
90117
91118#+begin_quote
92119The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary
93may speak. — *Hans Hofmann*
120may speak.
121
122— *Hans Hofmann*
94123#+end_quote
95124
96125#+begin_quote
97Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. — *Leonardo da Vinci*
126Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
127
128— *Leonardo da Vinci*
98129#+end_quote
99130
100131#+begin_quote
101I make myself rich by making my wants few. — *Henry David Thoreau*
132I make myself rich by making my wants few.
133
134— *Henry David Thoreau*
102135#+end_quote
103136
104137#+begin_quote
105The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. — *Henry David
106Thoreau*
138The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.
139
140— *Henry David Thoreau*
107141#+end_quote
108142
109143#+begin_quote
110Clutter is nothing more than postponed decisions. — *Barbara Hemphill*
144Clutter is nothing more than postponed decisions.
145
146— *Barbara Hemphill*
111147#+end_quote
112148
113149#+begin_quote
114150Minimalism is not a lack of something. It's simply the perfect amount of
115something. — *Nicholas Burroughs*
151something.
152
153— *Nicholas Burroughs*
116154#+end_quote
117155
118156#+begin_quote
119Your home is a living space, not a storage space. — *Francine Jay*
157Your home is a living space, not a storage space.
158
159— *Francine Jay*
120160#+end_quote
121161
122162#+begin_quote
123If it's not a "hell yes," it's a "no." — *Derek Sivers*
163If it's not a "hell yes," it's a "no."
164
165— *Derek Sivers*
124166#+end_quote
125167
126168#+begin_quote
127169The question of what you want to own is actually the question of how you want to
128live your life. — *Marie Kondo*
170live your life.
171
172— *Marie Kondo*
129173#+end_quote
130174
131175* 🎮 Gaming & Digital Lore
@@ -134,43 +178,57 @@ Video games are art. It's not all 8-bit spaceships anymore - video games are a
134178genuine art form.
135179
136180#+begin_quote
137Would you kindly? — *Andrew Ryan (BioShock)*
181Would you kindly?
182
183— *Andrew Ryan (BioShock)*
138184#+end_quote
139185
140186#+begin_quote
141I used to be a jerk. A total jerk. And then I became a potato. — *GLaDOS
142(Portal 2)*
187I used to be a jerk. A total jerk. And then I became a potato.
188
189— *GLaDOS (Portal 2)*
143190#+end_quote
144191
145192#+begin_quote
146193To say that nothing is true, is to realize that the foundations of society are
147fragile, and that we must be the shepherds of our own civilization. — *Ezio
148Auditore da Firenze (Assassin's Creed)*
194fragile, and that we must be the shepherds of our own civilization.
195
196— *Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Assassin's Creed)*
149197#+end_quote
150198
151199#+begin_quote
152200Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls, and asks the ghosts if honor
153matters. The silence is your answer. — *Javik (Mass Effect 3)*
201matters. The silence is your answer.
202
203— *Javik (Mass Effect 3)*
154204#+end_quote
155205
156206#+begin_quote
157Don’t make a girl a promise... if you know you can’t keep it. — *Cortana (Halo 3)*
207Don’t make a girl a promise... if you know you can’t keep it.
208
209— *Cortana (Halo 3)*
158210#+end_quote
159211
160212#+begin_quote
161War. War never changes. — *Narrator / Ron Perlman (Fallout)*
213War. War never changes.
214
215— *Narrator / Ron Perlman (Fallout)*
162216#+end_quote
163217
164218#+begin_quote
165I'm a ghost, remember? You can't kill what you can't see. — *Sam Fisher (Splinter
166Cell)*
219I'm a ghost, remember? You can't kill what you can't see.
220
221— *Sam Fisher (Splinter Cell)*
167222#+end_quote
168223
169224#+begin_quote
170I never asked for this. — *Adam Jensen (Deus Ex: Human Revolution)*
225I never asked for this.
226
227— *Adam Jensen (Deus Ex: Human Revolution)*
171228#+end_quote
172229
173230#+begin_quote
174It’s easy to forget what a sin is in the middle of a battlefield. — *Solid Snake
175(Metal Gear Solid)*
231It’s easy to forget what a sin is in the middle of a battlefield.
232
233— *Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)*
176234#+end_quote