I would like to share the ideas and philosophies I got from anime. In order to appreciate the idea more, I will place the transcript of the scene. I do not claim ownership of the scene. Please don't suit me.

transcript of a scene from Gundam Wing, Endless Waltz:

HEERO: Is this your version of justice?

WUFEI: I just want to know if peace built on sacrifice is truly just?
For that, I will become evil. Earth hasn't changed. Defeating the enemy
didn't change Earth at all!

HEERO: The more you fight, the more the sacrifices for this peace are
wasted. You should know that. Our war is over.

WUFEI: So that's why you don't need warriors? You're going to disregard
the soldiers who lived only to fight?

HEERO: Didn't the soldiers fight for peace? Try to believe in the world
around us now!

WUFEI: I speak for all the soldiers who were used as weapons! I'm fighting for every soldier, including you!

HEERO: Wufei...

WUFEI: You and I are fighting! Aren't we fulfilled only when we fight?!
You and I are the same! We can only find the meaning of our existence
on the battlefield!

HEERO: Wufei, Trieze is no longer here! You defeated him!

WUFEI: You're wrong! I'm still fighting him! I don't approve of Relena
Peacecraft. It's wrong to think you can achieve peace...by just
throwing away the weapons and locking up the soldiers.

HEERO: Is that why we should allow Mariemeia to be a dictator?

WUFEI: It will be something for the soldiers to go by and...

HEERO: That may be fine for now, but she's only repeating history.
The sad and miserable history of war! If we don't stop it now, they'll
need soldiers like us again! The tragedy called history will just be
repeated. Wufei, tell me. How many more people do we have to kill?
How many more times do I have to kill that girl and her puppy...? Zero
never gave me an answer. Tell me, Wufei.

WUFEI: Are you telling me that everything is going to be repeated?

For Aspiring Lawyers and Vigilantes
(transcripts from Weiss Kreuz/White Cross/Knight Hunters

episode 20: "Recht"/The Arrow of Judgement)

ATTY. KINUGAWA: I don't like violence. I believe any matter can be solved by talking. Come with me... This way. Don't hesitate. This is my private area. What's the matter? Are you afraid? Look. At night you can even see the stars. It's as if you've risen to heaven. But...if you lose your concentration, you'll go to the bottom of hell. Whenever I feel confidence or feel lost I come here and reassure myself.

OMI: You've never lost in court. Have you ever lost your confidence?

ATTY. KINUGAWA: Of course. I'm human. Your name is Omi, right?

OMI: Yes.

ATTY. KINUGAWA: At your young age you've overcome many hurdles. Isn't that right?

OMI: How did you know?

ATTY. KINUGAWA: My job has given me an eye for seeing people. You came here because you have some doubts about me. If so, ask me directly. I'll answer anything.

OMI: You corner witnesses and do things that kill them. Why?

ATTY. KINUGAWA: Why? Is that wrong?

OMI: But...

ATTY. KINUGAWA: All I'm doing is working as hard as I can as a lawyer. A defense lawyer must use all his powers to fight using whatever means he has. The same goes for the prosecutors. When both sides use all their effort that's the first time the truth will appear.

Omi: But the results are that a killer goes free. Is that okay?

ATTY. KINUGAWA: We're not God. Judging a person is difficult. It's easy to say kill him but who decides that person's life no longer has any value. Even if the defendant is a killer there were many things that lead him to be a killer. All villains are human. No one is born evil. That's why in court we must strive for the truth as much as possible.

OMI: That's...

ATTY. KINUGAWA: I know. The results are not always correct but I believe that this is the best way. Or do you believe that people who've been labelled evil should be killed without a word?

OMI: I...

OMI: Judging someone is difficult...

KEN: What?

OMI: We complete missions without really knowing the target but is that okay? The target is a human being. Probably has a family. There must be a reason for that person following evil.

AYA: What a stupid idea.

OMI: Why? It's an important matter. Because we take people's lives.

AYA: Yes. We're killers. You should have known that from the time you became a Weiss.

OMI: But...

AYA: We defeat the dark beasts who cannot be punished by laws. For that we break laws and commit the crime of murder. That's all it's about. There's no reason to think this and that about the target.

YOHJI: That's right. We are not the friends of justice. Of course if we keep continuing like this eventually we must be punished too.

KEN: But if we don't do this others will suffer. The weak who can't help themselves. We are a necessary evil.

ATTY. KINUGAWA: Stop this. Nothing is solved with violence. Look at my eyes. Yes Omi. Let's talk.

OMI: Talk?

ATTY. KINUGAWA: I don't remember ever breaking the law. Even if I did commit crimes we can fight each other in court.

OMI: Kinugawa, the purpose of Weiss is to defeat people like you who can't be punished by law. I am a killer.

ATTY. KINUGAWA: I see, a killer. Then you shouldn't kill me. One day I'll be of service to you. I can prove your innocence anytime, Omi.

OMI: This is the judgement of Weiss...

For Atheists and Skeptics
(transcripts from Weiss Kreuz/White Cross/Knight Hunters

episode 18: "Schuld"/Farfarellow)

FARFARELLOW: Teacher. So if there is a God, how come there are people who are sad and people who suffer?

PRIEST: Sadness and sufferings are the test of God.

FARFARELLOW: How come those who believe in God take up guns and fight each other? God...why...why doesn't God eliminate war? Or is He just snoozing, and doesn't notice anything?

PRIEST: What God does is beyond our comprehension, and is all part of a design.

FARFARELLOW: There is no God!...Really, you...think so too?

PRIEST: Stop it!

FARFARELLOW: The body of Your Creation, I'm hurting it. What's the matter? Why are you so quiet? Judge me now! Make me a sinner! I'll baptize you now. Can you take the test?

Mainam... Can you try to post the scripts from Rurouni Kenshin? The Shishio Arcs and the Prequel?

:eek:

transcript of a scene from "Berserk"; don't know which episode

"Your friends must be very proud of you..."
"They are my excellent subordinates. They're important associates who help me
make my dream come true. But, they are not my friends."
"A friend would never help my dream. A friend is someone who has his own dream
and strives to make it come true. And if someone tries to destroy his dream...
he will try to destroy that person. Even if that person is myself. For me, a
friend is someone who is on my level."

"Why does a man prefer to fight?"
"Man probably has a savage mind. But it exists to protect his love ones...and
for certain victory."
"Love ones? His family and lover?"
"Some people think so. But then...if he is a real man, he will find something
more important. Not for any person but his very own dream."
"Dream?"
"One will wield a sword for his dream. One has a dream to explore the world...
and one has the dream of ruling over that world. One is supported by the
dream...tortured by the dream...lived by the dream...and killed by the dream.
Even if one is killed by the dream, he would be happy and honored. A real man
will have a dream like this in his life; a life that has fulfilled his dream.
I can't simply live because I was born. I want to live because I have a dream."
"What...is your dream..."

P.S.

Sorry if I can't post anything from Samurai X yet...I don't have any copies of the CDs.

transcript of a scene from "Professor Pain" (hentai) that COULD be said of many educational institutions

You know, I've always had my doubts about the current educational system.
Knowledge by itself is absolutely useless. One must know how to use it and why.
But this system is not engineered to teach you any of that. It's wrong the way
they just shove it all down your throat. So, I thought I would give you
my own special lesson. The kind of lesson that nobody else can teach that's
designed to wake you out of your complacency. To know and understand one's
path is to die without regret. Know what I mean?

trasncript of secnes from Wiess Kreuz, episode 26, "Ende Weiss"

Empire? We have no interest in such things...our aeon...what you are doing is
chasing dreams of the past. Nobody needs a new empire. War games are passe...
So a new empire gets established. All that produces is more of the same order.
What we seek is the chaos of anarchy...because with power like ours, we could
survive anything. With powers like ours, we could even call up the devil...
there is nothing more to say...

When I observe all of you, you appear as if you're trying to save the world
while hanging from a cliff. What are you fighting for? Those of whom you're
trying to protect, if you just tap their shoulder, would easily reveal their
true selves that spread destruction and murder. People such as that, you're
risking your lives to protect them?...What is your hope?...Even if you were
to defeat us here, evil itself will not be extinguished. Your fight is
meaningless...

other transcripts

from Samurai X: (Soujiro Seta's monologue)

I was one of the weak ones. When I was desperate and cried out for help you
didn't lift a finger. If you believe that you're right, and that the weak and
helpless should be protected, then why didn't you protect me? I cried out and
no one was there.

from Vandread season 1:

God is not supposed to give you anything, nor is He supposed to ask for anything back. He just watches over us...the foolish humans...so that we won't get lost.

from David Hume in the 18th century (for seniors who have theology classes, you've probably read this already):

Is God willing to prevent evil, but unable? Then God is impotent. Is God able to prevent evil, but unwilling? Then God is malevolent. Is God both willing and able to prevent evil? Then, why is there any evil in the world?

(forwarded to me by my friend in DLSU)

Imagine this happening to you.

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*One Sunday morning during service, a 2,000 member congregation was surprised to see two men enter, both covered from head to toe in black and carrying submachine guns. One of the men proclaimed,"Anyone willing to take a bullet for Christ remain where you are."
*Immediately, the choir fled,the deacons fled, and most


of the congregation fled. Out of the 2,000 there only remained around 20.
*The man who had spoken took off his hood, looked at the preacher and said "Okay Pastor, I got rid of all the hypocrites. Now you may begin your service. Have a nice day!" And the two men turned and walked out.


*Too deep not to pass on...
*Funny how simple it is for people to trash God ... and then wonder why the world is in the condition it is today.. *Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says.


* Funny how everyone wants to go to heaven provided they do not have to believe, think, say, or do anything the Bible says.
* Funny or is it scary?
* Funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but still follow Satan (who,by the way, also "believes"in God).
*Funny how you can send a thousand 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing.
*Funny how the lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene pass freely through cyberspace, but the public discussion of Jesus is suppressed in the school and work place.
*Funny, isn't it? Funny how someone can be so fired up for Christ on Sunday, but be an invisible Christian the rest of the week.


*Are you laughing?
* Funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it to them.
* Funny how I can be more worried about what other people think of me than what God thinks of me.
* Are you thinking? Will you share this with people you care about? Or not?
* I picked you~
My instructions were to send this to people that I wanted God to bless and I picked you. Please pass this to people you want to bless !!

"As long as can stand, I can fight...

And As long as I can fight, I cannot be defeated!"

Just one of my favorite lines from Shadow skill... I use it everyday especially when im down in the dumps.

a transcript of one scene of Episode 20 of Cyberteam in Akihabara:

Tsubamae: Hibari, you're presumptuous.

Hibari: (angrily) Yeah, I am presumptuous!

Tsubamae: (angrily, in tears) Hibari, you're not fair! Hibari, you're not fair at all! You have everything you want! Everyone cares about you! You have a place to return to! Hibari, what more do you want?! I don't have a place to return to! Nobody cares about me!

A saying I got from CSI:

"If you meet the Buddha at the other side of the road, kill him...because the true Buddha is inside you."

"The things we carry inside us are the things that make us who we are. We lose them, we lose ourselves. I don't want my pain to go away, I need my pain." -Admiral James T. Kirk, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

because when Jesus redeemed the world, evil was defeated. the problem is that the evil that continues to persist haven't realized that they've already been defeated 2000 years ago.

~~~

from Yu Yu Hakusho Movie 2:

Hiei: "Everyone carries a scar on their haerts. Any other scar is just superficial."

from Street Fighter the Animated Movie:

Master Gouken: "Ken! What are you looking at in front of your fists!?"

from Rurouni Kenshin OAV 2:

Seijuro Hiko: "The Hiten Mitsurugi Technique ends with me. The world no longer has a place for the sword."

from Star Wars:

Han Solo: "And I thought it smelled bad on the outside!"

Obi-Wan Kenobi: "Trust you feelings. Let go!"

"I'm too old for this sort of thing."

This isn't from anime but... sige na rin. The topic says from anime or other sources naman e.

Got this from a commercial, Ariel, the one with Mareng Winnie. It's kinda corny but.. anyway. There's this new Ariel daw, and it's supposedly more powerful because of some mixed ingredients. In the particular commercial, these were represented as green and blue granules. Wala lang. Just thought that if the Blue and Green would work together, we would really be able to clean up and erase the "stains" in society. We have what we need naman e.

I know, it's baduy...

"You know why they call them girlfriends? It's girls first before friends." -remark attributed to a friend in DLSU

I don't know where these came from, but I think they're true:

In any empire, there will always be at least one malcontent who will eventually
lead a revolution that will bring the world into chaos and war. And in any
war, there will always be at least one peacemaker who will eventually establish
a new empire that will bring the world into order.

Fair? What's fair? If everything's fair in a competition, then why does anybody
win or lose? It's because they had an advantage against whomever they beat.
And that is not fair.

Protect the weak? That's the most hypocrital, pathetic, excuse-of-a-reason to
fight. If you fight someone and defeat them, that means they are weaker than
you and that you are stronger than them. Why, then, did you fight someone
weaker than you if you are supposed to be a protector of the weak?

Every person has two lives. One for living, and one to leave behind in people's
memory. The latter is eternal. It lives on forever as long as they remember
you for all the good and bad. Do you understand?

The science of destruction is war.

One should be honest with yourself, what you say, and what you do, because
one only hurts oneself when one does not.

A friend is a companion until the end. Whether as a rival or as a helper, he
will always be there with you.

Good vs. evil is the theme of man's existence.

Good will always win over evil...but at a high price.

The first step in conquering evil is recognizing its existence.

The first step in controlling your dark side is accepting that it is a part
of you.

tsong, panalo ito. pramis.

Quoted from a classmate in LSGH grade school:

"Practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice?"

Quoted from an episode in "Now and Again"

...The arrogance. You build a suspension bridge, you put a few tire tracks on
the moon, you come up with a way to encode a few thousand volumes of knowledge
on a computer chip and you think it's this profound accomplishment. You
totally, brazenly forget your roots. One of you paints a church ceiling with
big clouds and lightning bolts and a guy with a beard...stop everything, a
work of art, that's genius! But if you ever bother to look closely at a spider
web or a rasher or a honeycomb. Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel, the story
of Creation...hah! Makes my blood curdle. Creation started in the ground!
In the dirt! In the swamps with them!

transcript of a scene from an episode of Ruroni Kenshin (Saitoh vs. Usui):

Saitoh: Poor Usui. You're so full of hate that you still don't understand. You never
had a chance against Shishio. You were given a marvelous gift, the eyes
of the heart, and all you did was use that gift to lead a life full of hate
and deceit.

Usui: I've lived a life of commitment and dedication to a goal and I never gave up...

Saitoh: Pity that what you dedicated yourself to was a complete waste of time.

Usui: It was a difficult life...but matters of honor often are...I wonder how long
you will stay loyal to your credo...like I was...to mine...

Saitoh: How long? Til I die.

transcript from an episode in Cyberteam in Akihabara:

Rosenkreuz: ...Because of Copernicus, Earth is no longer the center of the universe. Because of Darwin, humans are no longer the children of God. Because of Freud, humans could no longer look into their hearts...

Don't know where these come from, but I think they're true:

It is better to be a fool among the intelligents than to be an intelligent
among the fools, because only as a fool can one learn to be intelligent.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks, but then again, we aren't dogs, are we?

Do not let society ignore you. If you are going to be just another miserable
man, then make sure you are the last one.

How ironic...to spend one's life looking for a reason to die...to find the
reason to live when one is so close to death.

There are only four ways to stop a war: remove the reason to fight, remove the
will to fight, remove the means to fight, and remove the people who fight.

There are four ways to defeat an opponent: copy the opponent's attack,
overwhelm the opponent's attack, exploit the opponent's weakness, counter the
opponent's attack.

Misanthropes don't last long. They hate people too much so that they refuse
help from other people even when they need it.

What is the beauty in war that people seem so attracted to it? Where is the
glory in war? Is it found in the blood of the victims soldiers have killed?
The homes that armies have burned down? Or in the ruined lives of this warring
generation?

We are warriors by birth, nature, and destiny. One who does not experience
pain cannot appreciate pleasure.

Mercy is for the weak and justice is for all.

addressing an academic legend:

I was told by a friend in DLSU that they had a test in Philo where the question was Why? and the answer sheet was seven pages long. The answer supposedly was because, and the seven letters of the word were to be written on the seven sheets of paper, one letter per page. Personally, I don't think that that test could be considered a philosophy test. It's simply a play with words or a grammar lesson. And it's quite insulting for Philo students who study papers and books and hand-outs all night long to be asked such a question.

Other academic legends:

Q: "How do you prove that this chair beside me does not exist?"

A: "What chair?"

Q: Why?

A: Why not?

Q: What is courage?

A: This is.

In my opinion, these aren't philosophical questions. They're just semantics, play with words, riddles.

Actually, philosophical questions don't have to have long essay answers... They can be as brief as those listed above, as long as they are well thought of... There is logic behind every one of those answers...

For example, the philo teacher asks you to prove to him that the chair exists. You must convince him that there is a chair. You might come up with a long winded high-falutin bullshit answer, but the philo prof can always counter it... But by asking him to point out to you what chair he is talking about, you are forcing him to acknowledge the existence of a chair. By doing that, you've proven to him that the chair exists.

Regarding courage, it is better to demonstrate and exhibit courage rather than write about it. I know that story about the philo class being given 5 pages to answer "What is courage?" Honestly, you wouldn't risk giving a single sentence answer because you are afraid that the prof might not consider it, it will suck, etc. But courage is doing something even if you are afraid of it, it is taking a risk. By risking failure in giving a one sentence answer, you have demonstrated courage to your teacher in the most effective way possible. You've shown him may cajones ka, you've got balls, kaya A ang grade ng paper na iyon.

Philosophy is never really simple, but can always be simpler.

:eek:

I don't know where these came from, but I think they're true:

A dream should only be a dream- something we desire but cannot reach. It only
gives pleasure to the one who possesses it in his or her struggle to attain
that dream. During that time, the dreamer feels alive, obsessed, in control-
but actually, it is the dream that is in control. But once the dreamer attains
his or her dream and the dreamer crosses over into reality, the dreamer
realizes that the dream cannot give him or her true happiness in reality, and
that's when the dream dies. Reality is always so much worse.

War is hell. But what is peace? Not heaven, certainly. With "peace" comes
crime, corruption, abuse, and oppression. It can even be said that peace is
a worse hell than war. Because in war, you know an enemy exists, an enemy you
can kill or strike back at without holding back. But in peace, the enemy who
strikes you, steals from you, abuses you, and kills you, is everyone and no
one.

People are born and people die. A slave is born a slave and will die a slave.
A poor man is born a poor man and will die a poor man. A rich man is born a
rich man and will die a rich man. A lord is born a lord and will die a lord.
But what is important is that they struggle against their destinies and strive
to live their lives as something else: a free man, a rich man, a poor man,
and a servant.

Revenge is just an excuse made by those who have given up on something.

If people must not live alone, then people must not die alone.

People's destinies are like a web. They are intertwined and cannot be undone.
The more one struggles, the more one is entangled.

The ultimate freedom is the freedom to do anything you want, but this must
be balanced by the ultimate responsibility, which is for you to be responsible
for the consequences of your action. Freedom of expression balanced by
responsibility of morality.

What people say or think about you doesn't matter as long as you know in
your heart and in absoluteness that what you do is right. What people say or
think about you does not make you any less or more of a person than they are.

An act is an act, a crime is a crime, a sin is a sin, no matter what. This is
on the basis that truth and justice is absolute. But in a world where truth
and justice becomes relational/comaparative, an act is an accident, a crime
is a right, and a sin is good deed.

If beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder, then lust, too, is in the eye
and mind of the beholder.

Too much humility is not pride, because no one can be too humble. One can
only be falsely humble.

A structure is only as strong as its foundation. Therefore, in a social
structure, those at the bottom support those above and are necessary to the
survival of the structure.

The end justifies the mean if and only if the ends are fulfilled.

Tragedies are inevitable but are not to be sought after.

God hears and listens to all prayers from everyone, sinners and saints alike.
But the reply is not always "yes".

Just because something is bad, it is not enough reason to make it worse.

God might have unleashed the serpent, but not without unleashing the means
to destroy the serpent.

Victory does not equal righteousness. Only history, the future, or God, can
tell who is right.

The law is not made for and does not apply to criminals alone. The law is made
for all, including the innocents, so that crime would be prevented.

Die in glory or live in shame?

The best thing about pain is that when you feel it, you're sure you are still
alive and you still exist.

The most innocent of smiles hides the most evil of intents...the most beautiful
of roses hides the sharpest of thorns...the sweetest of tastes hides the
deadliest of poisons...

Courage is not having no fear. Courage is facing your fear.

To accept defeat is unthinkable. To welcome it is unforgivable.

For those who say that they lost a battle only because they allowed their
opponent to win, what they say only proves that they did not deserve nor had
any chance to win, since they made themselves weak from the beginning.

A man can also be an island. But even an island is part of an archipelago.

You have given man, who is a child living in a house made of paper, a match
to play with. You have given man a dream to live for, to fight for, to kill
for, and to die for. You have given man his end.

It's better to swallow pride than to live with regret.

transcript of a scene from Cyberteam in Akihabara:

Rosenkreuz: Do you know the story of Kikokushushu?

Takashi: Yes, it is a story from ancient China.

Rosenkreuz: A scholar created the first letters. That night, he heard
the most guresome wails imaginable. In the midst of darkness, numerous
demons were crying in sorrow.

Takashi: They were searching for the scholar. "Because of the power
you have just gained, we will surely be destroyed. But beware. That
same power will someday come to destroy you all, as well."

Rosenkreuz: In this way, man gained knowledge to separate him from
darkness, the knowledge known as science. But, man will deeply be hurt
from gaining science...

Takashi: Yes...

Rosenkreuz: Because of Heliocentric theory, Earth is no longer the
center of the universe.

Takashi: Because of the Evolution theory, man is no longer the son of
God.

Rosenkreuz: And because of the finding of the subconscious, man can
no longer see his own heart.

Takashi: What do people desire, after all these losses?

Rosenkreuz: Humans do not desire. Desire is to be human. Possibly,
humans are trying to overcome themselves.

a joke made by a friend for DLSU:

Once upon a time, Rene Descartes went to a
bakery shop to buy a baker's dozen of bread.
A baker's dozen is in reality thirteen pieces. However, the baker only gave him
twelve pieces.

Rene Descartes: What's this? I asked for a
baker's dozen!

Baker: That is a baker's dozen.

Rene Descartes: I don't think so.

Baker: What? You don't exist anymore?

putting this joke in another way:

Once upon a time, in Philo class...

Teacher: Rene Descartes said "I think therefore I am". How do you refute this and
disprove this at the same time.

Student: Sir, I don't think so.

Teacher: Can you expound?

Student: Sir, like I said, I don't think so, but I'm still here.

"Ang kabataan ang kinabukasan ng bayan? Ibig
mong sabihin, tama lang na gumawa ng kagaguhan
ang nakatatanda, dahil lilinisin naman ng
kabataan?"

-remark attributed to a friend in DLSU

"Remember that the Titanic was built by
professionals and that Noah's Ark was built
by amateurs."

-forwarded e-mail

Real is that which does not change. In
other words, what is absolute.

-one of the Greek Philosophers, I forgot who

If you don't feel secure in your school
and in your homes, where else would you
feel secure?

-remark attributed to a Soc Sci History
teacher in LSGH

Experience is the only difference between
you and me. But it makes all the difference.

-remark attributed to a Soc Sci History
teacher in LSGH

excerpt from Nathan Archer's Predator:
Concrete Jungle p 274-275

"...technology removes us from our true
selves, lets us pretend that we don't have
to kill to eat, lets us forget we're all
a bunch of killer apes. It takes us away
from the beast inside. People talk about
getting back into nature, and they just mean
going out in the woods somewhere and treating
it like a ******* garden, a bunch of birds
and bunnies and flowers, and they forget
that Mother Nature's a *****, that claws and
fangs and blood are natural, and gardens
aren't. Nature's a jungle, not a garden."

We're all looking for something new in our lives...no, in our existences. That's why we speculate, imagine, dream, hypothesize, ask questions. Why this? Why that? Would you have this? Would you have that? What if it was like this? What if it was like that?
If I said "what if there is nothing really new to be truly gained in our existences", I would be a victim of that statement, since
I wouldn't be the first to think that up. If I said "there is something really new to be truly gained in our existences," I would still be a victim of that statement, since I wouldn't be the first to think that up. So what am I trying to say? Why do I even bother speaking if either way I'll be a victim of a statement which makes me a victim all the more since it wasn't original? I don't know...(oh, like that's an original answer). Maybe I'm just on the edge of insanity, maybe I'm just dizzy, maybe it's this or that. The point is...there is nothing new, not even this statement.
For as long as we are human beings, the highest point of creativity we could attain is mere synthesis...composing from elements that already existed...not real creativity in the sense of making something out of nothing. I'm not saying it's a good thing or a bad thing- it's just what is.

transcript of a scene from Cyberteam in Akihabar episode 5

Rosenkreuz: A combination strategy?

Takahashi: The Divas' intelligence levels have quickly risen
since their awakening. Letting them remain free could be
detrimental.

Rosenkreuz: It must be the Fruit of Knowledge.

Takahashi: You mean...from the Creation Period?

Rosenkreuz: One gains knowledge by losing purity. I wonder
what the priestesses of Anima Mundi will lose? The Damo
Crest is above our heads. No matter what happens, we cannot
do anything.

transcript of an episode from Vandread season 1

Meia: Weak dogs bark loud.

Hibiki: If you shiver in fear, you can't even bark.

Anime freak ka talaga, ano?

Wala namang masama doon, pero ang masasabi ko lang...

Get a life!

Here's an idea for you:

If you want to live, you got to let go.

The difference between the old rich and the new rich is that the old rich are secure with their riches and don't have to prove that they're rich by showing off, while the new rich are insecure with their riches and have to prove that they're rich by showing off.

-remark attributed to a Filipino teacher in ADMU

"God's in His heaven, all is right with the world."

-Robert Browning; NERV quotation placed under their logo in the series Evangelion

"God may be in His heaven, but all is not right with the world."

-remark attributed to a student in another university who failed in second trimester

transcript of a debate in DLSU between an atheist professor and a student:

Professor: Do you believe in God?

Student: Yes, sir.

Professor: If you believe in God, then you must believe that God created everything, right?

Student: Yes, sir.

Professor: Then explain to me how could God be a really good god if He created even evil?

Student: Sir, you're making the wrong assumptions. You think evil is a substance that God put in the creation. But in reality, evil is a choice we as creations with free will make. In other words, God created the world. We corrupt it.

another transcript of a debate in DLSU between an atheist professor and a scientist:

Professor: Do you believe in God?

Student: Yes, sir.

Professor: If you believe in God, then you must believe that God created everything, right?

Student: Yes, sir.

Professor: Then explain to me how could God be a really good god if He created even evil?

Student: Sir, to answer that, let me ask you this: do you believe that darkness is evil?

Professor: Yes.

Student: But sir, since darkness is evil, light must be good, since they are opposite just as evil and good are opposite. If darkness is merely the absence of light, then evil is merely the absence of good, therefore, it does not exist, therefore, God did not create it.

Men conquer. Women rule.

-thesis statement of a bogus research
about "Predator" society

A Question of Nothingness
by Weiss_Kreuz
(for all Philo majors out there)

What is there in nothingness
that makes it a part of reality?
Is it only silent voices echoing in darkness,
or is there something lurking there, dark and deadly?

Nightmares roaming in endless abyss...
Is reality so much worse?
I'd rather die in either short anguish or bliss
than live and suffer eternally that curse.

Light to shadows, void to he universe...
Losing your heart and soul is worse than losing your mind...
Some things do exist in the absence of others.
I'd rather have all, if the higher force would be so kind.

Somethingness and nothingness...
Two faces of an existence we call reality.
But what would we know about such things and forces?
Nothing, but even that is not empty.

Nothing in this world will change if you don't. Even if you tried and failed,
the fact that you made an attempt proves that you changed even though the
world did not. And that means that you can take whatever the world gives you
in a way that favors you.

If I keep on preparing for something, then when do I get to really do something?

If anything goes, then everything goes.

The essence of art is to bring order into chaos.

The bottom line is if something is good or not.

Do not abdicate your responsibility of judgement out of fear of making a mistake.

Break the stereotypes but maintain order.

Tradition and innovation should complement each other.

The difference between the old rich and the new rich is that the old rich are
rich and don't have to show off or prove anything, while the new rich are just
poor who became rich and have to show off and prove that they are rich.

Can you really call this art? Some guy spreading a cavnas sheet, jamming a
paint bottle up his nose, following it up with a straw, then blowing his nose
all over the canvas sheet?

Message gets lost in civility.

Complaints drive away contentment.

Courtesy is kindness to the other and to oneself.

"What frightful flowers! They have thorns!" "What beautiful thorns! They have
flowers!"

Your destination is determined by the footsteps you follow. Follow a lion's
footsteps and you will find yourself in a lion's den.

The moment everyone loves, praises, and agrees with you, life becomes boring.

Commitment is "no return, no exchange."

Do not mistake santity for stupidity.

We treat people as sinners while they live, and yet revere them as saints once
they are dead.

Why seek the truth if you are not willing to accept it?

Never, never become attached to anything no matter how small it is.

Not all who frequent churches are holy.

We can turn villany into heroism.

It is better to suffer and be useful than be at ease but useless.

What is a castle with no room for the master for?

One would rather have one sincere critic than a hundred sycophants.

There's always an excuse for not believing.

Only the wise can turn misfotune into opportunities.

The other field may look greener, but it is not necessarily the better place.

Beware of those who flatter.

Sometimes, we are so busy praying that we forget to listen to God.

Ask yourself this: is what you gained of greater worth than what you lost?

Oh, the frailty of human life...

Life is too short to be wasted.

Bloody feisty in the morning, dead as a doornail in the evening.

How short is life? Let's see...He was born. He lived. He died. Seven sentences.
Twenty-one letters. Three periods. That's how short life is.

Oh, the humanity...

The philosophy doesn't make the man. The man makes the philosophy.

Few but ripe.

Be yourself.

Your friends are the reflections of yourself.

It is better to have a true enemy than a false friend.

One must let go in order to possess.

What would you rather have? A happy but illusionary love, or a painful but
real love? I'd go for illusionary love...as long as I don't find out the truth.

It is better for her to hate me and move on than for her to love me and commit
suicide.

It's okay to suffer, but not to the point that you lose yourself.

Do the rich no longer have the right to enjoy their riches?

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be
satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind
of evil against you (falsely) because of me. Rejoice and be glad, for your
reward will be great in heaven, Thus they persecuted the prophets who were
before you."
Matthew 5: 3-10

And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said:

"Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are
you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who are
now weeping, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you, and
when they exclude and insult you, and denounce your name as evil on the count
of the Son of Man. Rejoice and leap for joy on that day! Behold, your reward
will be great in heaven. For their ancestors treated the prophets in the same
way. But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. But
woe to you who are filled now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh
now, for you will grieve and weep. Woe to you when all speak well of you, for
their ancestors treated the false prophets in this way.
Luke 6: 20-26

Does God enjoy watching us suffer?

No matter how much sympathy or empathy a rich man may have for a poor man,
they will never be the same, because the rich man will always have the option
to be rich or poor while the poor man will never have that option.

The whole point of having options is to make a choice.

What is easier? Loving someone you are supposed to hate or hating someone you are
supposed to love?

You want to know how you win a sword fight? Be the only one with a sword.

Even when someone tells me that they've suffered more than me and proves it,
thus telling me inadvertently that I have no right to complain, it doesn't
take away my pain. That person only tells me that I have no right to alleviate
my pain by complaining and thus tells me to suffer more.

Even if a person of authority tells me that I should answer them honestly, I
can never be truly honest. For one thing, the fact that they hold power over
me prevents me from being honest with them. Do they really expect me to be
honest knowing that I could be punished for what I say? I may be stupid, but
not that stupid.

Even if someone does something bad to me and they try to make me understand
by saying it was their job to do so or they were only forced to do so, knowing
that doesn't take away my pain or my thirst for vengeance. But at least, if
and when I do get revenge, I won't smile sadistically. I'll only "it was my
job" or "I was only forced to do so." Let the punishment fit the crime.

Even if people say that I always have an option to quit or not in anything,
it's not those two options I'm looking at. It's the option whether or not I
will suffer in the end for that option I take. It's not the means but the ends
that count. So, if failure is not an option, freedom does not exist.

You only dream once. Aim high for your dream.

Even if you dream, it will never come to reality, because once it does, it
doesn't make you happy the way you want to be happy.

Thre's something wrong about teachers calling their students names. They're
supposed to be shaping minds, but the way they are, they'll only end up with
jelly. After all, what you give is what you get.

To be human is to choose.

Great people talk about ideas. Average people talk about things. Small people
talk about other people.

If they win, it'll be because you led them to victory. If they lose, it'll
be because you failed them.

Children are the most cruel beings in creation.

In great darkness, there is greater light.

How much is too much? Too much is more than enough.

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

I believe that there are moral absolutes, but the fact that I haven't encountered
it yet should compel me to study more moralities to make as "right" as decision
as possible.

In the words of a friend in DLSU...

"Sermon sa umaga. Sermon sa almusal. Sermon papuntang school. Sermon
sa school. Sermon sa lunch. Sermon pauwi ng bahay. Sermon sa gabi.
Sermon sa hapunan. Ultimo panaginip nagiging sermon. Pati ito sermon.
Hindi pa ba kayo nakakapagod?"

Just blowing off steam...

Heck, I'm really tired of sermons. Every teacher I've had had a sermon
to give, from gradeschool to college. Some are really bothersome
because they're like broken records. Examples:

"This is the noisiest class I've ever heard...I hate to compare you..."
Comment: Right after saying "I hate to compare you" the teacher goes
on a five-minute speech wherein he/she compares our class to some
other class. Guess that shows what a liar the teacher is, huh? And if
he/she likes that class so much, hell, he/she can live with them! He/she
can sleep with them! How's that?!

In gradeschool:
"Hindi na kayo mga baby. Hinahanda namin kayo para sa highschool."
In highschool:
"Hindi na kayo mga grade school students. Hinahanda namin kayo para
sa college."
In college:
"Hindi na kayo mga high school students. Hinahanda namin kayo para sa
buhay sa labas."
In real life, what teachers or adults would say is:
"Hindi na namin kayo alipin. Humanda na lang kayong mamatay."
Funny, isn't it? Basically, the sermons are the same. And if all that
time we spent was in preparation for something, then when do we really
get to do something?

"P***** I** ninyo lahat! Hindi ninyo ba alam kung paano galangin ang
nakakatanda sa inyo?!"
So...respect is only for the elderly? The youth are just a joke, is
that it? It's okay to swear at us? Oh, I forgot. The teacher only
swore at our mothers. And he/she calls us disrespectful. And if we
really didn't respect you, we would have walked out.

"What the hell are you doing here? If you're just going to sleep,
get out!"
That particular teacher must think that there aren't other
teachers giving two hour assignments and that we have spent the whole
night doing it. Maybe they don't have better things to do than to
boss around students and fail them, but we students do. And about
"what the hell are you doing here..." The teacher should ask
himself/herself that question first. Teachers should be shaping their
students' minds, not turning it to jelly by embarrassing them in class.

"Grow up!"
Grow up? Like you, huh? A teacher who wants to show off to some
students and power trip them? A sadist? Sheesh, really grown up...

"I'm just looking for an excuse to fail you, so don't push me."
Threatening at its finest. And people wonder why nobody finishes
from that subject.

And let's not forget...
"Wala akong pakialam sa inyo!"
Well, at least we know how each other feels. Someday, I wish I
could say "thank you" to that teacher, but most likely, I'll
just say: "Wala rin akong pakialam sa inyo!"

The bottom line is, teachers can only power trip us because they
know we can't fight back while they hold our grades.

If only I didn't have a conscience, I would have lived up to the
reputation I got as the "juvenile Hannibal Lechter of school" when
I bit my kindergarten teacher's hand. But I have one, so, tough luck
for me.

A true friend would never get in your way...except when
you are on your way down.

- a friend in DLSU

I was so concentrated on surpassing Rezo that I didn't
realize that I had already surpassed him.

- lesson learned by
copy Rezo (from Slayers)

"I stepped out. I did not step down."

- flavor text of the
Volrath the Fallen
card in Magic

"General? General nuisance, maybe."

- flavor text of a card
in Magic, can't recall
which one

You should be glad that you will die for us. Sacrificing
oneself for others is the greatest human virtue, right?

- from Vandread Second
Stage

Kami (god)...Mazoku (demon)...ningen (human)...if any of
them gets in my way, I will destroy them!

-Valgaav, Slayers Try

"What do you see in these pictures on the cave?"
"I see humans hunting down the devil."
"Wrong. The truth is, that is the picture of humans
hunting down god."
"How can that be? We were told that god drove the devil
away from heaven, and that since its fall, the devil
has been roaming the earth."
"Really? How can you be sure? How can you be sure that
it wasn't the devil who won? How can you be sure that it
wasn't god who fell and joined humans to be with them,
to live with them, and in the end, to die for them?"

-paraphrased transcript
of a scene from "Witch
Hunter Robin"

Kapag sasali, maraming paraan. Kapag paalis, maraming dahilan.

-a friend in my block

Knowing that I do not know ranks me higher than one who pretends to know that
he knows.

-one of the big three of Greek Philosophy,
can't remember which one

Apathy is my resting place.

Felicific Calculus
Intensity + Duration + Certainty + Proximity + Fecundity + Purity + Extent

-Jeremy Bentham

Freedom is having a place to return to. Even a bird would regret having wings
if it doesn't have a place to go to or to return to.

-from Gensomaden Saiyuki

I do not want to live or die for anyone. Because I know the pain of someone
who is left behind...

-from Gensomaden Saiyuki

Tama na muna ang pagsas*ls*l. May tanong lang ako. Di ko maintindihan.



Eh nung nilabanan mo naman siya, hindi mo alam na mas mahina siya sa iyo, diba? Saka mo lang malalaman kung sinong mas mahina pagkatapos ng laban, DIBA?

Hey! Sagot na!

Transplant ko sa sa Sabado! :mad:

From X-TV Series

The future is still undecided...

the first episode of gundam wing has a very good quote na pwedeng iapply sa current war ngayon sa iraq. i forgot what it is but it tells about a certain faction (earth ata) subduing the separatist and conquering teh colonies all in the name of peace.

Cris Gee, Sorry kung sobrang huli ng reply. Naubusan lang
kasi ako ng internet prepaid cards. Sorry talaga.

Anyway, about that "protect the weak" thing. You're right.
We'll only know that someone is weak or strong after the
battle. I stand, er, sit corrected at that. But I was
directing that idea to those who fight and make that speech
while at the same time absolutely certain that they will
win. I don't know where, but there are people like that in
this world.

Humans define their existence through suffering. But it is what they suffer
for that gives their lives true meaning.

Why does anyone have to suffer unwillingly? Why does anyone have to suffer at
all? No matter what the reason, if there is any at all, the suffering will never
be lightened nor removed. Its mark will forever be there.

Maximize profit. Minimize losses.

An unused weapon is a useless weapon.

A weapon built disregarding the limitations of the one who will use it can only
be used by one who is not afraid to die.
-from Gundam Wing

When two things contrast, they bring out the qualities which make them
themselves.
-from Gensomaden Saiyuki

The world is not painted black and white. It's painted shades of gray. Some
shades may be lighter, others darker, but they are all still gray.

The youth are there to fix the older generation's mistakes...or make their own.

Two things make a battle great- the warriors and the stakes for which they
compete.
-from X-Men (comics)

The test of love is the capacity to make sacrifices.

We all hurt the ones we love.
-from Cartoon Network advertisement

The greatest arguments happen between the best of friends.
-from Cartoon Network advertisement

If you chase two hares, you'll catch neither.
-from Edens Bowy

Once, there was a scorpion who wanted to cross a river. He saw a frog and said
to him: "Please give me a ride to the other side of the river." The frog said:
"I can't, because you will sting me." The scorpion said: "Don't worry, if I
do that, I'll drown." However, halfway across, the scorpion did sting the
frog. Shocked, the frog asked: "Why did you do that?! Don't you know you'll
drown too?!" The scropion answered: "I know that very well, but I can't help
it. It's my nature."
-from Edens Bowy (paraphrased)

My hands may be covered in blood, but I can always wash it away.
-from Gensomaden Saiyuki

Blood can be washed away but people also bleed to live.
-from Gensomaden Saiyuki

Do you know why gods are in heaven? Not to look down on, but to witness those
who were born to live.
-from Gensomaden Saiyuki

No matter what, move forward on the path you're on. Even if it's a path made
with dead bodies.
-from Gensomaden Saiyuki

My enemy is the one who stands in my way and tries to kill me.

Without blood, there can be no forgiveness.

Heroes are evil because they have to let someone they love die first before
they finally decide to do something about the villains or crime.

Vanity of vanities. Kill the Buddha as you meet him. Kill the father as you
meet him. Never be captivated by anyone, just remain living as yourself.
-from Gensomaden Saiyuki (paraphrased)

You can gather a thousand maggots but they're still maggots.

There once was a strange weapon merchant who sold two special weapons. One
was a shield that could block anything. Another was a pike that could pierce
anything. Thinking he could sell both at a high price, he went to the market
to sell them. However, the people were angered when he was not able to answer
one question: "What if the two are used against each other?"
-from Cooking Master Boy (paraphrased)

A life lived by high ideals is an illusion in the real world.
-from Gensomaden Saiyuki

We all gave up our dreams to be part of "reality", only to find out that there
is no reality. Everything is a lie.

You only dream once. Aim high for your dream.
-from a friend in DLSU

The good is that which everything must lead to.

I don't want to ask such questions...because I might not be willing to accept
the answers that I might get.

Live and learn.

You can't praise yourself for taking advantage of the simple-minded.
-from Gensomaden Saiyuki

So you beat those who can't fight back. What does that prove about you?

A deceitful man often falls in the snares of deceit.
-from Gensomaden Saiyuki

Those which we call monsters are not so with God.
Montaigne, Essays, Vol. II, XXX

When God closes a door, He opens a window.

The door swings both ways.

Everyone is trying so hard to live their lives. Why should someone else decide
what to do with it?
-from Rave

There are three types of world rulers: those who rule to gratify themselves,
those who rule to reform the world to their ideals, and those who rule to
serve the people.

Technology is neither positive, negative, nor neutral. It's all three.

Anger is an acid that does more damage to its container than to what it's being
applied on.

Those who don't look back to where they came from won't reach their destination,
but those who keep their heads turned and don't look forward will never see
what their destination is, let alone reach it.

If you don't stand up to them, they'll think they can get anything by bullying
anyone they meet.
-from The Flintstones

Good men are needed not in heaven but on earth.

The real challenge is keeping the dream after achieving it.

Fight to live, not live to fight. Fight, but never enjoy the fighting.
Strength in control and control in strength.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Once upon a time, there lived in the jungle a tribe of hunters. One day, while
returning home from a hunt, the tribe came upon a pack of sleeping wolves.
The head of the hunters decided not to attack the wolves and instead quietly
ordered the tribe to return to their cave. However, that night, the wolves
attacked their tribe and devoured half of them. Seeking revenge, the whole
tribe, except for the head of the hunters and his family, went out to hunt
down and kill the wolves, but none of them returned. That night, the wolves
attacked again all that was left of the tribe. But before they could even come
close to the cave, the head of the hunters killed them all. When he came back,
his son asked him: 'Father, why didn't you kill them earlier, if you could
have?' He answered: 'Because I didn't need to.'

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Hehehe. Ok lang dude. Gusto kitang kilitiin sa kilikili. Post-transplant stage na ako kaya peaceful na ako.

My Zen Master told me to "Sail with the eastern wind and the western waves." So yun.


Magugustuhan mo ito.