2024.09.29
" I need to tame
even the best parts of
who I am ?
WHY ?
Uncontrolled
love could turn
into obsession.
A desire to help others
could lead to wanting to
control them, to
fascism.
Compassion, however, will
never lead you astray.
Remember that.
Have
compassion on your friends, strangers,
enemies, even yourself. "
Outworld Ranger, book 3 -
Breaking Point by David
Alastair Hayden, 2018
|
2024.09.22
" Any idea what ingredient, other than
sex,
is the most important in achieving
true
happiness?
I have a feeling it’s
not money.
You’re right.
Money helps, up to a point,
but one of the real keys
is to avoid boredom, to
challenge oneself.
People
are most content when they’re
growing.
When they’re
accomplishing goals,
working hard to
achieve
something difficult and then
achieving it.
But
most important of all is a person’s
social network.
The quality of
relationships.
Friends, relatives, co-workers, and so on.
Emotional connections. "
(EQ >> HQ )
vs MQ
Nick Hall -
Mind War by
Douglas E. Richards, 2017
|
2024.09.15
" Wakanda will no longer watch from the shadows.
We cannot. We must not.
We will work to be an
example of how we as brothers and sisters
on this
Earth should treat each other.
Now, more than
ever, the illusions of division threaten our very
existence.
We all know
the truth:
more
connects us than separates us.
But in
times of crisis the wise
build bridges,
while the
foolish build barriers.
We must find a way
to look after one another
as if we were one single
tribe. "
Black Panther, 2018
Closing scene speech by King T'challa
|
2024.09.08
" It could be a wonderful
world…
if we’d
stop doing bad shit to it.
Keep being the
rebel the world
doesn’t know it needs.
Watch the
watchers.
Fight the
enemy within. "
XXX Xander Cage, 2016
Gibson to Xander at end of movie.
|
2024.09.01
" How can I trust
you, you say ?
Bad news is there’s no way for you to know
whether I’m here to help you or not.
So it’s
really up to you.
You’ll have to make up your own damn mind
to
accept what I’m going to tell you, or reject it.
You didn’t come
to X to
make the choice,
you’ve already made it.
You’re here to try to
understand why you made it.
I’d thought you’d
have figured that out by now…
the
only way to get there
(the future)
is together. "
Inspired by… Matrix: Reloaded, 2003
|
2024.08.25
" As always, you are
free
to live your lives as you choose.
Just do
so in a constructive
manner.
While I was dismayed to see that
my guidelines had been abused and twisted by an
organization, it does show how easy it is to
interpret something to suit a cause.
If in
doubt concerning
an action,
look at
it from an objective
perspective
and see if it makes sense.
May you live your lives in
peace. "
The Evaran Chronicles -
The Cult of Evaran by
Adair Hart, 2022
|
2024.08.18
" Well, I remember my father used to take me up on
his shoulders
when I was little,
and he'd walk
me to the square by our house.
I'd get to
see everyone from
the same perspective
as him.
All the merchants in the square. The
buyers.
The world
looked so much smaller from up there.
And
I knew then I wanted to
be someone who could
explain the world
to others, make it smaller, show it to them from
different perspectives. "
The Forever Gate Compendium by
Isaac Hooke, 2014
|
2024.08.11
" The one thing you can say for
democracy is that
all other forms of
government are even
worse.
Over thousands of years and on countless planets,
it's the best system
anyone's ever come up with
to ensure the strong
don't dominate the weak.
At least not for
long. "
The Orville – Domino, s3e9, 2022
|
2024.08.04
D E I
The path to "Egalitarian
Mediocracy" ?
The path to the downfall
of democracy ?
Inspired by, with thanks,
Delphi in Space - Delphi Allegiance by Bob
Blanton, 2019
“...those with superior mathematical and scientific
intellect cannot dominate the power positions.
I think you would say that Paraxea has become an
egalitarian mediocracy.”
|
2024.07.28
" Humanity tried to accomplish the
collective
raising of children
over and over again.
We always
thought that if the government could
raise our
children,
they would do a
better job than the
individual parents.
Thus, public schools.
Thus,
public preschools.
Thus, free and reduced lunches.
Every one of them failed miserably.
Every time
humanity tried to take the onus off the individual
and place it on a collective body,
things got
worse.
Education rates
dropped.
Delinquency rose.
Resources
were spent with virtually no return on investment. "
The Singularity: Heretic by
David Beers, 2014
|
2024.07.21
" The needs of the one sometimes outweigh the
needs of the many.
But the
logic seemed false,
faulty, flawed.
The circle of
thought finally
brought her to one conclusion:
to best serve her
people, sometimes logic itself was a flawed
approach. "
Adventures of Starship Satori -
No Plan Survives Contact by
Kevin McLaughlin, 2016
|
2024.07.14
" How am I supposed to
make a difference?
When it comes to history, scale is irrelevant.
Thousands can perish (war?), and nothing will happen
(change).
But one
person can radically
change history.”
Are you one of these
persons ?
With thanks to
Continuum, s3 e1, Minute By Minute, 2014
|
2024.07.07
" An
Axiologist is a
student of ethics,
morals
and the different
traditions humanity uses to
teach and enforce
them.
They help people understand the
difference
between right and wrong
while showing us how to
improve ourselves
in a way that
doesn't interfere with
other people. "
Spinward Fringe Broadcast 3: Triton by
Randolph Lalonde, 2008
|
2024.06.30
" We’re always trying to have an
impact on the
future.
Isn’t that why people
have kids, or
teach, or
build something,
or
save money?
Except
that we don’t know whether it
will happen or not.
Maybe we have faith in the
future.
That it
will
happen and it will be
better than today.
Hope.
Maybe that’s why. "
Extrahuman Union – Broken by
Susan Bigelow, 2011
|
2024.06.23
" Every life is a
journey.
A series of
changes.
We
must work to understand
those we encounter on our journey.
We must
choose to connect.
Not just with others...
but also with ourselves.
Sometimes we fail. Sometimes we succeed.
Either way, we must keep
trying. Because we have to.
Because
we're all looking for
meaning in our lives.
And in the end, the
connections we
make will lead us there. "
GRAY at the ending of…
Star Trek :
Discovery, s5.e3
Jinaal, 2024
|
2024.06.16
What is your Purpose
in life ?
Is
it...
" To help
those who deserve
it,
to
knock sense into
those who ask for it,
to punish those
who demand it.
To fool those who
are fools,
to
confuse those who
are
fake-confused,
to right those
who are
self-righteous,
and
to generally be a
pain in the neck
to all. "
Babylon 5 –
Casting Shadows
(The Passing of the Techno-mages) by
Jeanne Cavelos, 2001
|
2024.06.09
" Although having children was a necessity in the
past, it was a means to fulfilling an eventual
purpose, but it
has never the purpose
itself. Sharing the experience of life with
new beings of your own creation is a generous and
fulfilling endeavor, but it is not the
purpose
of existence.
It
is the pursuit of
knowledge, because it moves the species
forward. The acquisition
of knowledge propels the species. Logic
and reason simply exist, even if you choose to
ignore them or willfully pretend that 2 + 2 does not
= 4 then you have chosen to be illogical. It
is epistemology, the study of reason and logic.
It is the pursuit of
knowledge that enables a species to grow…
to
continue to exist.
Post-Human Series by
David Simpson, 2014
|
2024.06.02
" I suppose I see a
different world than you do.
And the truth
is that what I see
frightens me.
I’m frightened because our
enemies are no
longer known to us.
They do not exist on the map,
they are not nations, they are individuals.
Look
around you, who do you fear?
Can you see a
face, a uniform, a flag? No.
Our world is
not more transparent
now.
It’s more
opaque. It’s in the shadows.
That’s where
we must do battle.
"
007
Skyfall, 2012
|
2024.05.26
" No other species
on Earth
strives
for anything outside of immediate
survival.
Humans are
different though.
Humans consciously try to
reach for something just
out of their grasp.
Constantly
striving to be something
they're not.
In doing so,
things around them
die.
That
need to strive, to become
better, when looked at collectively,
is
always more powerful
than the need to look after one another. "
The Singularity:
Heretic by
David Beers, 2014
|
2024.05.19
" In order to rise as an
intelligent species,
they had
(we have) to
endure a period of time
when they
must face the horrors of
war.
They must face the great evil and the
power
that comes from conflict and
then turn
away from it.
They must learn that
harmony cannot be
achieved without
first
facing the evil
that can stem from
themselves. "
Ascension Series -
Infinity's Edge by Ken
Lozito, 2017
|
2024.05.12
" I’m calling for global unity for a global
crisis.
To finally bring
harmony between us and the
natural balance of our world.
Sometimes it’s gonna
seem like our differences are too
extreme,
but all
we have to do is look beneath the surface, to see
that we’re all here
on this planet with the same
goals and
aspirations.
Even when our customs might
seem strange and unfamiliar.
And by
overcoming our
prejudices,
we’ll become stronger and
learn more
about ourselves.
We can seize this moment to create
a better more hopeful future,
for our
children, and
our families.
I’m a
father, a
brother, a warrior
and a friend. "
Aquaman, 2023
|
2024.05.05
A.N.W. QUOTES
Religion is the
last refuge of
human savagery.
Religion
increasingly is tending to
degenerate into a
decent formula wherewith to
embellish a
comfortable life.
+ + +
Common sense
is genius in
homespun.
Civilizations can only be
understood by
those who are civilized.
+ + +
The art of
progress is to
preserve order
amid change and to preserve
change amid order.
There is no greater
hindrance to the
progress of thought than an attitude of
irritated party-spirit.
Alfred North Whitehead,
1861–1947
|
2024.04.28
“You must view
religion as
silly.”
“Not quite,” said Evaran.
“It can have
a role in trying to
explain the unexplainable,
which is common
in the evolution
of a species.
It can also
provide comfort.
However, most
civilizations lose
god-based religions
once they hit a
certain technological
threshold,
but they then tend to
migrate toward belief in
other things.
Humans often
define others to band
against in interesting ways.”
The Evaran Chronicles II -
The Rift Impact by
Adair Hart, 2024
|
2024.04.21
“
Sometimes an unlikely set of
conditions converged,
setting in motion a series of events
that would have
a profound impact on the course of
humankind.
Intelligence that was virtually
foolproof,
and the
towering incompetence of the one person
that should
never have been given command.
Never underestimate
the power of time and chance.”
Vision Rising by
L.L Richman, 2023
|
2024.04.14
“
We can’t turn our backs on
progress,
regardless of the issues
it might create.
Industrialization led to a horrible air
pollution problem
in our major cities.
But we found ways to
clear up the air
while keeping the
rewards of
industrialization.
The
progress of a
species and a
civilization
aren’t linear. "
WIRED –
Amped by
Douglas E. Richards, 2005
|
2024.04.07
“
Enforcing
ethical or
moral standards
has always been a human
failing,...
Self-interest has derailed more
societies
than
any natural disaster.
Other than—perhaps—the
plague. ”
A Seeker's Tale From The Golden Age Of The Solar
Clipper :
To Fire Called by
Nathan Lowell, 2018
|
2024.03.31
“ There are three
types of people:
sheep,
wolves, and
sheepdogs.
Sheep are the
majority of people, good
and moral,
without a capability to commit
violence.
Wolves,
though, have a thirst for
violence and prey on the sheep.
Sheepdogs, on the
other hand, have the
ability to commit violence
but only do so
to protect the sheep
from the wolves.
”
Which one
are you ?
Echoes of War
by
Daniel Gibbs, 2019
|
2024.03.24
“ Some people can
read War and Peace
and come away thinking it's a simple
adventure
story.
Others can read the ingredients on a chewing gum
wrapper
and unlock the
secrets of the
universe.
”
Ready Player One, 2018
|
2024.03.17
“
An old man who plants a tree whose shade he will
never use
is the primary
component of civilization.
”
Lost Starship -
The Lost Earth by
Vaughn Heppner, 2017
|
2024.03.10
“
A civilization
doesn't (didn’t)
know how primitive
it is (was)
until it has
(had) a
chance to look back and
see the
mistakes of the
past.
”
Ambassador 3: Changing Fate by
Patty Jansen, 2015
|
2024.03.03
“
As far as I know, I am just a committed
and
even stubborn person
who wants to see every
child getting quality
education,
who
wants to see women having
equal rights
and who wants peace
in every corner of the
world.
Education is one of the blessings of life...
and one of its
necessities. ”
MindWar by
Douglas E. Richards, 2016
|
2024.02.25
“
Toys stimulate and
educate the mind at the same
time.
They teach us how to
interact with our world.
I think they could be invaluable in providing
a
stimulus for lateral thinking
when it comes to
communicating with...
”
Anomaly - First Contact by
Peter Cawdron, 2011.
|
2024.02.18
“
In the book
The Wisdom of Life,
philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer
refers to
"ordering our lives so as to obtain the greatest
possible amount
of pleasure and success"
as an
art of the
Theory of Eudaemonology.
So
recognizing, honoring and living in
harmony... can be
said to be
one of the essential secrets to human
happiness. ”
Dr. Guillermo Gomez,
LinkedIN post, 2015
|
2024.02.11
“
Harmony.
It's
not about what's lasting or permanent.
It is
about individual voices
coming together, for a moment.
And that
moment lasts... the length of a breath.
That's
what I think about my
time here. ”
House of Cards, s1e8, speech by Francis
Underwood, 2013
|
2024.02.04
“ Are we doing
the right thing?
Right and
wrong are loaded
words
when you’re talking about
changing the world.
We don’t have all the
information.
We’re scrambling for it,
trying to put the pieces together.
If we had them
all, we might make different choices.
But we
don’t,
so all we can do is the best with what
we’re given. ”
The Dead World by
Stephanie Erickson, 2016
|
2024.01.28
“ ...giving
people too much credit.
There is no ‘general
public’ that peacefully and unanimously
decides
what they’re going to
collectively think
or who they’re going to listen to. There’s always
someone behind the curtain shaping the narrative.
Question is, do we want to leave it up to the
faceless
'someone’
behind the current chaos, or do we take control?
I respect that you want to do things the ‘right’
way,
through
legal channels with all the correct checks and
balances,
but we’re way beyond that.
Legal and
the ‘right thing’
to do aren’t always the same thing. ”
Taran Empire Saga
-
Empire Defied by A.K. DuBoff,
2022
|
2024.01.21
“ There were no
such things as negative
emotions.
Each one served an
important
role,
and the individual who had those
in harmony
were
the ones that outlasted
those who were devoid. ”
Critical
Dawn by Darren
Wearmouth, 2014
|
2024.01.14
“ …we
all have the
ability to effect
change.
We have
a duty to our
fellow citizens to treat each other with
respect.
We
have a duty to our
friends and family,
to have each other’s backs in
times of need.
And we have a
duty
to family, to society,
to civilization,
to preserve our
way of life for future generations.
These
different scopes of
responsibility are sometimes
at odds with
each other, and
fulfilling our
obligations can mean compromising on tenets
we would hold firmly in any other context. ”
Taran Empire Saga -
Empire United by
A.K. DuBoff, 2022
|
2024.01.07
“ Never accept
the world as it appears to be.
Dare to
see it for
what it could
be. ”
Overwatch
(movie)
by
Blizzard Entertainment, 2016
|
