Conflict, Wayne Dyer

Conflict cannot survive without your participation.

- Wayne Dyer (1940- )

Life, Sally Field as Mrs. Gump from Forrest Gump (1994)

Forrest Gump: What's the matter, Momma?
Mrs. Gump: I'm dyin', Forrest. Come on in, sit down over here.
Forrest Gump: Why are you dyin', Momma?
Mrs. Gump: It's my time. It's just my time. Oh, now, don't you be afraid, sweetheart. Death is just a part of life. It's something we're all destined to do. I didn't know it, but I was destined to be your momma. I did the best I could.
Forrest Gump: You did good, Momma.
Mrs. Gump: Well, I happened to believe you make your own destiny. You have to do the best with what God gave you.
Forrest Gump: What's my destiny, Momma?
Mrs. Gump: You're gonna have to figure that out for yourself. Life is a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you're gonna get.
Forrest Gump: [narrating] Momma always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them.
Mrs. Gump: I will miss you, Forrest.
Forrest Gump: [narrating] She had got the cancer and died on a Tuesday. I bought her a new hat with little flowers on it. And that's all I have to say about that.

- Sally Field as Mrs. Gump from Forrest Gump (1994)

Failure, Confucius

知之者不如好之者。

- 孔子

He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.

- Confucius (551BC–479BC) (孔子)

Hero, Ralph Waldo Emerson

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Death, David Searls

Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean.

- David Searls

Mind, Zen Proverb

Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving.

- Zen Proverb

Kōan 29 : Not the Wind, Not the Flag

Superhero, Halle Berry as Catwoman from Catwoman (2004)

[voiceover] The day I died was the day I started to live. In my old life, I longed for someone to see what was special in me. You did, and for that, you'll always be in my heart. But what I really needed was for me to see it. And now I do. You're a good man, Tom. But you live in a world that has no place for someone like me. You see, sometimes I'm good. Oh, I'm very good. But sometimes I'm bad. But only as bad as I wanna be. Freedom is power. To live a life untamed and unafraid is the gift that I've been given, and so my journey begins.

- Halle Berry as Catwoman from Catwoman (2004) [last lines]