Zenyatta/Quotes/Overwatch 1

Zenyatta's voice actor is Feodor Chin, speaking English only (despite his Nepali nationality).

Abilities

Ability	Quote	Audio
Orb Of Harmony	Be one with the universe.
	Be reborn.	▶️
	Embrace tranquility.
	Free your mind.	▶️
	Gaze into the Iris.
	Open your mind.
	Walk in harmony.
	(To Bastion) We are as one, my friend.
	(To Genji) We walk in harmony, my student.
	(To Orisa) We are as one, my sister.
Orb Of Discord	Bask in the shadow of doubt.
	Darkness falls.
	There is chaos within you.
	There is disquiet in your soul.
	You are your own worst enemy.
	(To Genji) I know the doubts that plague you.
	(To Orisa) You have much to learn.
Transcendence	Experience tranquility. (self and friendly)	▶️
	Pass into the Iris. (hostile)

Chatter

Trigger	Quote	Audio
Hero Selected	True self is without form.
	Amid discord, we will find tranquility.
During Set Up	A chance to focus.	▶️
	A closed mind is already defeated.	▶️
	A disciplined mind is your most dependable ally.	▶️
	A warrior's greatest weapon... is patience.
	Consider only victory. Make defeat an impossibility in your mind.
Respawn	A momentary setback.	▶️
	A temporary setback.
	Adversity is an opportunity for change.	▶️
	Overconfidence is a flimsy shield.	▶️
	Pain is an excellent teacher.	▶️
	Repetition is the path to mastery.	▶️
	The cycle begins anew.	▶️
	The outcome is not preordained.	▶️
Respawn (no allies)
Pick Up Health Pack	I am made whole.	▶️
	I am restored.	▶️
	My systems are restored.	▶️
On Fire	I am on fire.	▶️
	I am on fire... but an extinguisher is not required.	▶️
	I feel the warmth of the Iris flowing through me!
Damage Boosted	Energy flows through me.	▶️
	My spirit is strong.	▶️
	Now to strike.	▶️
Nano Boosted	I feel greatly empowered.
	I feel unstoppable!
Discord Orb Received	A momentary setback.
	I welcome adversity.	▶️
Voted Epic (5 Votes)	Excellence is its own reward.	▶️
	Wonderful!	▶️
Voted Legendary (10 Votes)	The cards have selected me.
	Your recognition honors me.
Stunned
Enemy Resurrection	Our enemies return.
Resurrected	I return.	▶️

Call-Outs

Trigger	Quote	Audio
Hero Change	Zenyatta is here.
Sniper Sighted	I see a sniper!	▶️
	Sniper.	▶️
Enemy Sighted	Enemy detected.	▶️
	The enemy is here.	▶️
Outnumbered Against Enemy Team
Turret Sighted	A turret lies before us. It is quite real.
	A turret lies in our way.	▶️
Enemy Has A Teleporter	The enemy possesses a teleporter.	▶️
	We must locate their teleporter.	▶️
Teleporter Sighted	The enemy's teleporter is here. Destroy it.
Ally Damaged	Behind you.	▶️
	Get out of there!
In Danger	I need help.	▶️
	I require assistance.
Time Running Out (Defense)	Falter now and we will succumb to defeat.
	Victory is within our grasp. Hold strong.
Time Running Out (Attack)	Time grows short, attack.
	Time is an illusion, but the illusion is about to run out.
	We must focus our attack upon the objective.
	We must wrest victory from the jaws of time.

Mission-Specific

Trigger	Quote	Audio
Point Contested (Defense)
Point Being Captured (Defense)	Our objective will soon belong to the enemy.
Capturing Point	Destiny has drawn me to the objective.
	I am becoming one with the objective.	▶️
	I am taking the objective, join me.
Point Lost
Payload Stuck	The payload must be moved.	▶️
	The payload rests idle.	▶️
Escorting Payload (Attack)	Becoming one with the payload.
	My path has converged... with that of the payload.
	The payload and I move as one.
	The payload proceeds on its path, as must we.
Payload Moving (Defense)	The payload moves closer to the threshold of our defeat.
	The payload moves like a stone down the mountain side.

Eliminations

Trigger	Quote	Audio
Final Blow	A lesson in humility.
	Do not be discouraged, everyone begins in ignorance.
	Hatred is not strategy.
	If you do not bend...you break.
	In anger, you defeat only yourself.
	One cannot survive on strength alone.
	You must learn from your mistakes.	▶️
	You refuse to learn.
	Your weakness...is revealed!
	(vs Genji) I win this round, Genji.
	(vs Genji) The master still has a few tricks.
	(vs Hanzo) A life of moderation is best.
	(vs Junkrat or Lúcio) Chaos begets more chaos.
	(vs Lúcio or Tracer) Move too quickly, and you overlook much.	▶️
	(vs Cassidy, Pharah, or Reinhardt) Justice is defined by the hand that claims it.
	(vs Orisa) Being eager to learn is not the same as learning.
	(vs Reaper) Hatred is not strategy.
	(vs Reaper or Soldier: 76) Revenge is not justice.
	(vs Roadhog or Zarya) Ignorance is the sure path to defeat.
	(vs Sombra) Those who think they are all-knowing know nothing of what they do not.
Solo Elimination
Kill Streak	I feel neither joy nor remorse amidst such death.
Multikill	A glimpse of mastery.
	I see a pattern developing.
	The universe shall embrace you.
Turret Elimination	The turret is no more.	▶️
	The turret no longer exists.	▶️
Teleporter Elimination	The enemy's teleporter is no more.	▶️
Melee Final Blow	A lesson in humility.
	You refuse to learn...
Assist Genji	You will not be harming my student.
Witness Elimination	Impressive.
	In repetition, strive for perfection!
	You have ushered them to paradise.
	(Friendly Genji eliminates enemy) Well done, Genji!
Revenge	To hold a grudge is unhealthy... for you.
Team Kill	Our enemies have been eliminated... but they will return.
	The enemy team has been eliminated.
	The enemy team is not in existence... for now.

Communication

Wheel Option	Quote	Audio
Hello	Greetings.	▶️
	Peace be upon you.	▶️
Thank	My thanks.	▶️
	Thank you.	▶️
	You have my thanks.
Acknowledge	Acknowledged.	▶️
	I am in agreement.	▶️
	I understand.	▶️
	Understood.
Need Healing	I need healing.	▶️
	I require healing.	▶️
Need Healing (Facing Friendly Brigitte)	I need armor.	▶️
	I require armor.	▶️
Need Healing (Facing Friendly Zarya)	I need shields.	▶️
	I require shields.	▶️
Need Healing (Facing Ally)	Come here for healing.	▶️
	Come to me for healing.	▶️
	The path to healing lays here.
Group Up	Form Up.
	Group up.	▶️
	Group up here.	▶️
	Group up with me.	▶️
	Join me.	▶️
Ultimate Status (100%)	My ultimate ability is ready.	▶️
	My ultimate is ready. Proceed without fear.
	Ready for Transcendence.

Voice Lines

Availability	Quote	Audio
Default	We are in harmony.	▶️
25	Death is whimsical today.	▶️
	Do I think? Does a submarine swim?
	Free your mind.	▶️
	Hello, world!
	I dreamt I was a butterfly.	▶️
	I think, therefore I am.	▶️
	I will not juggle.	▶️
	Life is more than a series of ones and zeroes.	▶️
	Peace and blessings be upon you all.	▶️
	The Iris embraces you.
Summer Games (2016) Exclusive 25	Always strive for improvement.	▶️
Summer Games (2017) Exclusive 75	Form is temporary, spirit is eternal.
Halloween Terror (2016) Exclusive 25	Trick or treat?
Halloween Terror (2017) Exclusive 75	Frightening.
Winter Wonderland (2016) Exclusive 25	No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.	▶️
Winter Wonderland (2017) Exclusive 75	Joy to the world.
Lunar New Year (2017) Exclusive 75	Every rooster crows in its own pen.	▶️
Lunar New Year (2018) Exclusive 75	Fortune favors me.
Lunar New Year (2022) Exclusive 75	One moon shows in every pool. In every pool, the one moon.
Overwatch Archives (2017) Exclusive 25	If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are headed.
	Walk along the path to enlightenment.
Overwatch Archives (2018) Exclusive 75	That was your lesson for today.
Overwatch Anniversary (2017) Exclusive 25	Existence is mysterious.
	How... Disappointing.
Overwatch Anniversary (2018) Exclusive 25	Patience.

Interactions

Hero	Quote	Audio
Bastion	Zenyatta: Tell me your thoughts, my friend. Bastion: *Various beeps*	▶️
Doomfist	Zenyatta: I believe that you could find peace. If you were to search within yourself. Doomfist: What is tranquility but stagnation?
Genji	Zenyatta: It is good to fight alongside one of my brightest pupils. Genji: And you, master. (or) Genji: I am grateful to be here, my master. (or, if Genji has Oni or any Young skins equiped) Genji : That was another life.	▶️ ▶️ ▶️
	Zenyatta: Even the teacher can learn from his student.	▶️
Hanzo	Zenyatta: I sense within you the same rage that once consumed your brother. Hanzo: We are nothing alike!	▶️ ▶️
Mercy	Mercy: Zenyatta, I must admit, I do not understand how your healing works. Zenyatta: And I do not understand much of how you heal, Dr. Ziegler. I suppose we must all take some things on faith.
Moira	Moira: I must know how your technology functions. Zenyatta: Existence is mysterious, isn't it?
Orisa	Zenyatta: Do you have any dreams, my friend? Orisa: I do not dream as humans do. But it is my desire to become the hero Efi believes that I am.
	Orisa: Tekhartha Zenyatta, I wish to learn about the Iris. Zenyatta: I would be happy to teach you. It is rare that I meet one with such an unformed mind.
Pharah	Pharah: An omnic in my squad took his own life, rather than be controlled by an AI. Zenyatta: A noble, but tragic sacrifice. I hope that you will honour it.
Symmetra	Zenyatta: Symmetra, you speak of law and of order, but you must know that life is chaotic by its very nature. Symmetra: Hmph. To be lectured about chaos and disorder from a machine.
	Symmetra:  What can you know of life? Zenyatta: Only that which I have observed, experienced and processed. All is one within the Iris.
Tracer	Tracer: Wow. It's an honor to meet a member of the Shambali. Mondatta was an inspiration to me. Zenyatta: To us all. I miss him greatly.
Wrecking Ball	Wrecking Ball: *Squeaks* Zenyatta: Indeed my friend, indeed...
Zarya	Zarya: I've got my eye on you, omnic. Zenyatta: And I will watch your back in turn.	▶️

Map-Specific

Map	Quote	Audio
Hanamura	Zenyatta: So this is where you grew up? You must show me around. Genji: That was another life	▶️
King's Row	If only human and omnic could learn to live in peace here...	▶️
	Turing Green. My brother's dream, but not to be.
	Genji: Does the suffering of the omnics here trouble you, Master? Zenyatta: It does. My brother, Mondatta, gave much to improve their lives, but it was not to be.
Junkertown	(on defense) It is sad to see a place that might have known peace reduced to this.
Nepal	It is good to return, but am I still welcome here?	▶️
	I have not returned here for many years. I wonder if my brothers and sisters will be pleased to see me.
	I can feel the embrace of the Iris so strongly here.
Numbani	How wonderful! A place where omnic and human live as equals.	▶️
Oasis	What a fascinating place! Can science alone unlock the path to enlightenment?
Horizon Lunar Colony	An omnic on the moon is not so special. There are more robots than humans in space.
	(looking through telescope) The damage doesn’t look as bad from up here.
Busan (Karaoke)	The rhythm is in you if you search within. Get down into the Iris. Float to the beat. *hums* Embrace the rhythm. Embrace the beat. Embrace the melody. Move your feet.

Skin-Specific

Skin	Trigger	Quote	Audio
Cultist	Harmony Orb	Be one with the darkness.
		Walk in shadow.
		Embrace oblivion.
		(to Genji) We walk in the shadows, my apprentice.
	Discord Orb	Darkness envelops all.	▶️
		Be consumed by the shadows.	▶️
		Listen to the whispers of madness.	▶️
	Transcendence	(self/allied) Experience nothingness.	▶️
		(hostile) Pass into the unknown.	▶️
	Hero Change	(Hero Change) Zenyatta is everywhere.	▶️
	Replaced Voice Lines	(Peace and Blessings) Curses and Madness be upon you all.
		(The Iris embraces you) The Iris consumes you.
		(Trick or Treat) Trick or Treat (Slightly more menacingly)
Nutcracker	Transcendence	(self/allied) Experience festivity.
Fastball	Discord Orb	And the pitch.
		Right down the middle.
		Here's a little chin music.
	Final Blow	It goes down swinging.
	Hero Change	Zenyatta on the mound.

Removed

Trigger	Quote	Audio
Transcendence	(Cultist) Experience oblivion.

Trivia

• The line "I dreamt I was a butterfly" is a possible reference to the story "The Butterfly Dream", written by Zhuangzi, a Chinese Taoist philosopher.
• The line "Hello, world!" is a reference to the standard practice of writing this line to the screen by programmers working in a new environment or language.
• The line "I think, therefore I am" is a reference to French philosopher, René Descartes' quote: Je pense, donc je suis. (I think, therefore I am.)
• The line "Do I think? Does a submarine swim?" is a possible reference to the Dutch computer scientist, Edsger Wybe Dijkstra's quote: The question of whether machines can think, is about as relevant as the question of whether submarines can swim.
• The line "Death is whimsical today" is a quote from Kel'thuzad, a necromancer and lich, as heard in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. Both uses of the quote are references to a line in the 1994 film Leon: The Professional.
• The line "Free your mind" is a quote from Matrix, pronounced by Morpheus to the main character, Neo.
• The line "The damage doesn't look so bad from up here" when looking into the Horizon Lunar Colony telescope is a reference to C3PO in Star Wars: A New Hope.
• The voice line "The greatest enemy, is that which lies within" (This voice line triggered after Zenyatta discorded an enemy) was secretly removed from the game after one of the patches. The reason for removing the voice line is unknown.
• The line "The turret is no more" may be a reference to Monty Python's "Dead Parrot" sketch.