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Jedi

Posted on April 22nd, 2007 by Anna Zhan.
Categories: Blog.

I figure I need a separate place for my stockpile of Jedi philosophy quotes.  Will try to separate them out into sub-topics, if possible…

Sub-Topics:

• Attachment 
• Attitude
• Conflict
• the Dark Side 
• Death
• Destiny
• Focus - Past/Present/Future
• the Force
• Trusting the Force

Attatchment:

“Attatchment leads to jealousy.  The shadow of greed that is.”
- Yoda, SW:ROTS

“Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.”
- Yoda, SW:ROTS

“The feat of loss is a path to the Dark Side.”
- Yoda, SW:ROTS

Attitude:

“Your focus determines your reality.”
- Qui-gon Jinn, SW:TPM

“Many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.”
-Obi-wan Kenobi, SW:ROTJ

Luke: “I don’t believe it.”
Yoda: “That is why you fail.”
- Yoda to Luke, SW:ESB

“Do, or do not.  There is no try.”
- Yoda, SW:ESB

Conflict:

“A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense - never attack.”
- Yoda, SW:ESB

“…there are alternatives to fighting.”
-Obi-wan Kenobi, SW:ANH

“Great warrior?  Wars not make one great!”
- Yosa, SW:ESB

the Dark Side

“Fear is the path to the Dark Side.  Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering…”
- Yoda, SW:TPM

“Anger, fear, agression: the Dark Side of the Force are they.  Easily they flow, quick to join in a fight.”
- Yoda, SW:ESB

“Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.  Consume you, it will, as it did Obi-wan’s apprentice.”
- Yoda, SW:ESB 

“If you choose the quick and easy path…you will become an agent of evil.”
- Yoda, SW:ESB

Death:

“There is no death; there is the Force.”
- Jedi Code (last line)

“Death is a natural part of life.  Rejoice for those who transform into the Force.  Mourn them do not.  Miss them do not.”
- Yoda, SW:ROTS

Focus - Past/Present/Future:

“Keep your concentration here and now, where it belongs.”
- Qui-Gon Jinn, SW:TPM

Obi-wan: “Master Yoda says I should be mindful of the future.”
Qui-Gon: “But not at the expense of the moment.”
-Qui-Gon to Obi-wan, SW:TPM

“This one, a long time have I watched.  All his life as he looked away - to the future, to the horizon.  Never his mind on where he was; what he was doing.”
- Yoda, SW:ESB

the Force:

“The Force is an energy field created by all living beings.  It surrounds us, penetrates us - it binds the galaxy together.”
- Obi-wan Kenobi, SW:ANH

“Luminous beings are we - not this crude matter!”
- Yoda, SW:ESB

 ”The Force is what gives a Jedi his power.”
- Obi-wan Kenobi, SW:ANH

“A Jedi’s strength flows from the Force.”
- Yoda, SW:ESB

Trusting the Force:

“Let go of your conscious self and act on instinct.”
- Obi-wan Kenobi, SW:ANH

“Your eyes can deceive you - don’t trust them.”
- Obi-wan Kenobi, SW:ANH

“Use the Force, Luke.  Let go, Luke.  Luke, trust me.”
- Obi-wan Kenobi, SW:ANH

“Remember: concentrate on the moment.  Feel - don’t think.  Trust your instincts.”
- Qui-Gon Jinn, SW:TPM

“You must do what you feel is right.”
- Obi-wan Kenobi, SW:ANH