Philosophy from Star Trek

Couple of days back I caught the new Star Trek movie trailer it revived my childhood memories watching the various Star Trek series rather religiously on cable television. Yes, I am one of the confirmed Trekkie geeky clan. 

The reason I really liked Star Trek is the fact it reposes faith on future of humanity unlike the other sci-fi movies like the Matrix, Terminator, Alien, etc which always paint a dark picture for mankind with machines taking over the world. The stories and characters in Star Trek are in ways exploring various moral dilemmas which we even face in today's world in a futuristic setting.  I shall perhaps come up with a more detailed post some other day on how Star Trek changed the world, today I shall be sharing my favorite Star Trek quotes.  

  

Perhaps "because it is there" is not sufficient reason for climbing a mountain 

This is a mistake perhaps most of us do, we never take time to analyse what challenges to pick and just following the first thing we can lay our hands on.... 

A no-win situation is a not a test of your abilities but of your character 

A no-win situation is something all of us have to face in our lives, there is precious little we can do, so instead of getting overworked and losing self confidence is to accept the fact and move on. How we accept defeat is as if not more important how we handle success. 

Pain and guilt are things we carry with us, the things that make us who we are. If we lose them, we lose ourselves

It might be slightly parodoxical why to hang on to our weaknesses, but our failures and unfullfilled aspirations also add to our character and defines our unique nature. We must embrace and not try to escape from them. 

You can commit no mistake and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.

I guess it is pretty self explainatory...

What we leave behind is not as important as how we've lived

This is a good point to end this post, sometimes we get so hung on leaving behind a legacy or working too hard for a better future we miss out on the present. 

P.S:  I know this is bit TOO much gyaan but i liked the aliens and spaceships on the show too :)