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| 1 | #+title: 🌳 Quotes | ||
| 2 | #+slug: quotes | ||
| 3 | #+description: Things that made me think or feel. | ||
| 4 | #+date: [2026-03-11 Wed 01:16:35] | ||
| 5 | |||
| 6 | * ⛩️ Zen | ||
| 7 | |||
| 8 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 9 | The obstacle is the path. — *Zen Proverb* | ||
| 10 | #+end_quote | ||
| 11 | |||
| 12 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 13 | Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, | ||
| 14 | carry water. — *Traditional* | ||
| 15 | #+end_quote | ||
| 16 | |||
| 17 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 18 | In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there | ||
| 19 | are few. — *Shunryu Suzuki* | ||
| 20 | #+end_quote | ||
| 21 | |||
| 22 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 23 | Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself. — | ||
| 24 | *Matsuo Bashō* | ||
| 25 | #+end_quote | ||
| 26 | |||
| 27 | * 💾 Cyberpunk & Sci-Fi | ||
| 28 | |||
| 29 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 30 | The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. — | ||
| 31 | *William Gibson (Neuromancer)* | ||
| 32 | #+end_quote | ||
| 33 | |||
| 34 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 35 | The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed. — *William | ||
| 36 | Gibson* | ||
| 37 | #+end_quote | ||
| 38 | |||
| 39 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 40 | The street finds its own uses for things. — *William Gibson* | ||
| 41 | #+end_quote | ||
| 42 | |||
| 43 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 44 | Information wants to be free. Information also wants to be expensive. — *Stewart | ||
| 45 | Brand* | ||
| 46 | #+end_quote | ||
| 47 | |||
| 48 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 49 | There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. — *Morpheus | ||
| 50 | (The Matrix)* | ||
| 51 | #+end_quote | ||
| 52 | |||
| 53 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 54 | If a ghost can coexist with a machine, then the definition of life needs to be | ||
| 55 | rewritten. — *Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)* | ||
| 56 | #+end_quote | ||
| 57 | |||
| 58 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 59 | The Net is vast and infinite. — *Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)* | ||
| 60 | #+end_quote | ||
| 61 | |||
| 62 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 63 | Humanity is just a data set. — *Lain Iwakura (Serial Experiments Lain)* | ||
| 64 | #+end_quote | ||
| 65 | |||
| 66 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 67 | I'm not a person. I'm a program. I'm a user-created entity. — *Quorra (Tron: | ||
| 68 | Legacy)* | ||
| 69 | #+end_quote | ||
| 70 | |||
| 71 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 72 | I don't have a soul. I'm a machine. But I have a purpose. — *Alita (Alita: Battle | ||
| 73 | Angel)* | ||
| 74 | #+end_quote | ||
| 75 | |||
| 76 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 77 | Time not important, only life important. — *Mondoshawan (The Fifth Element)* | ||
| 78 | #+end_quote | ||
| 79 | |||
| 80 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 81 | I don’t want to survive. I want to live. — *The Captain (WALL-E)* | ||
| 82 | #+end_quote | ||
| 83 | |||
| 84 | * 🥥 Minimalism & Simplicity | ||
| 85 | |||
| 86 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 87 | Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is | ||
| 88 | nothing left to take away. — *Antoine de Saint-Exupéry* | ||
| 89 | #+end_quote | ||
| 90 | |||
| 91 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 92 | The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary | ||
| 93 | may speak. — *Hans Hofmann* | ||
| 94 | #+end_quote | ||
| 95 | |||
| 96 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 97 | Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. — *Leonardo da Vinci* | ||
| 98 | #+end_quote | ||
| 99 | |||
| 100 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 101 | I make myself rich by making my wants few. — *Henry David Thoreau* | ||
| 102 | #+end_quote | ||
| 103 | |||
| 104 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 105 | The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. — *Henry David | ||
| 106 | Thoreau* | ||
| 107 | #+end_quote | ||
| 108 | |||
| 109 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 110 | Clutter is nothing more than postponed decisions. — *Barbara Hemphill* | ||
| 111 | #+end_quote | ||
| 112 | |||
| 113 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 114 | Minimalism is not a lack of something. It's simply the perfect amount of | ||
| 115 | something. — *Nicholas Burroughs* | ||
| 116 | #+end_quote | ||
| 117 | |||
| 118 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 119 | Your home is a living space, not a storage space. — *Francine Jay* | ||
| 120 | #+end_quote | ||
| 121 | |||
| 122 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 123 | If it's not a "hell yes," it's a "no." — *Derek Sivers* | ||
| 124 | #+end_quote | ||
| 125 | |||
| 126 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 127 | The question of what you want to own is actually the question of how you want to | ||
| 128 | live your life. — *Marie Kondo* | ||
| 129 | #+end_quote | ||
| 130 | |||
| 131 | * 🎮 Gaming & Digital Lore | ||
| 132 | |||
| 133 | Video games are art. It's not all 8-bit spaceships anymore - video games are a | ||
| 134 | genuine art form. | ||
| 135 | |||
| 136 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 137 | Would you kindly? — *Andrew Ryan (BioShock)* | ||
| 138 | #+end_quote | ||
| 139 | |||
| 140 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 141 | I used to be a jerk. A total jerk. And then I became a potato. — *GLaDOS | ||
| 142 | (Portal 2)* | ||
| 143 | #+end_quote | ||
| 144 | |||
| 145 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 146 | To say that nothing is true, is to realize that the foundations of society are | ||
| 147 | fragile, and that we must be the shepherds of our own civilization. — *Ezio | ||
| 148 | Auditore da Firenze (Assassin's Creed)* | ||
| 149 | #+end_quote | ||
| 150 | |||
| 151 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 152 | Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls, and asks the ghosts if honor | ||
| 153 | matters. The silence is your answer. — *Javik (Mass Effect 3)* | ||
| 154 | #+end_quote | ||
| 155 | |||
| 156 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 157 | Don’t make a girl a promise... if you know you can’t keep it. — *Cortana (Halo 3)* | ||
| 158 | #+end_quote | ||
| 159 | |||
| 160 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 161 | War. War never changes. — *Narrator / Ron Perlman (Fallout)* | ||
| 162 | #+end_quote | ||
| 163 | |||
| 164 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 165 | I'm a ghost, remember? You can't kill what you can't see. — *Sam Fisher (Splinter | ||
| 166 | Cell)* | ||
| 167 | #+end_quote | ||
| 168 | |||
| 169 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 170 | I never asked for this. — *Adam Jensen (Deus Ex: Human Revolution)* | ||
| 171 | #+end_quote | ||
| 172 | |||
| 173 | #+begin_quote | ||
| 174 | It’s easy to forget what a sin is in the middle of a battlefield. — *Solid Snake | ||
| 175 | (Metal Gear Solid)* | ||
| 176 | #+end_quote | ||