Anyone who appreciates this one and hasn't read the entirety of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations (compiled into book form) really should. Many gems of stoic wisdom therein.
AncillaryJustice
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I love this. As a software engineer, I see people run into this issue all the time. I've often heard it as, "Done is better than perfect."
Just FYI, that quote from your girlfriend is not original. Good one though. I believe originally it's, "Better a bitter truth than a sweet lie," but I'm not sure who said it first.
Here are a few off the top of my head (though I looked up the original kanji for some of the Japanese ones)...
To enjoy life's immensity, you do not need many things.
- Ryōkan, a Japanese poet
Ain't no shame in holding onto grief, as long as you make room for other things too.
- Bubbles, from the last episode of The Wire
Honor is dead, but I'll see what I can do.
- Kaladin, from The Stormlight Archive Book 2 by Brandon Sanderson
Beware the difference between intelligibility and correctness.
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Success consists of moving from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill
猿も木から落ちる (Saru mo ki kara ochiru)
Even monkeys fall from trees.
- Anonymous, traditional Japanese saying
正勝吾勝 (Makatsu agatsu)
True victory is victory over one's self.
- Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido
Imagine doing that while someone's having coffee shits a stall over. Imagine being on the other side of the line. Maybe you should drink more coffee and the problem will solve itself.
Oh, so this community is actually Lemmy's Hit Post!
For films, Under The Skin (2013 indie film directed by Jonathan Glazer and starring Scarlett Johanson in a pretty low-key role for the most part) is fantastic. More on the horror end, but has strong scifi elements. Amazingly crafted film, nothing really gory at all, the horror is all psychological, but it has such disturbing moments that stick in your head (unwanted) for years. I've watched it 3 times though, so that may be part of the problem.