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Quotes by G'Kar

Sat, 12/27/2008 - 13:26 — Republibot 3.0

If I take a lamp and shine it toward the wall, a bright spot will appear on the wall. The lamp is our search for truth, for understanding. Too often we assume that the light on the wall is God. But the light is not the goal of the search; it is the result of the search. The more intense the search, the brighter the light on the wall. The brighter the light on the wall, the greater the sense of revelation upon seeing it! Similarly, someone who does not search, who does not bring a lantern with him, sees nothing. What we perceive as God, is the byproduct of our search for God. It may simply be an appreciation of the light, pure and unblemished, not understanding that it comes from us. Sometimes we stand in front of the light and assume that we are the center of the universe. God looks astonishingly like we do! Or we turn to look at our shadow, and assume that all is darkness. If we allow ourselves to get in the way, we defeat the purpose; which is to use the light of our search to illuminate the wall in all its beauty - and in all its flaws. And in so doing better understand the world around us.

— G'Kar

Babylon 5 ("Meditations on the Abyss" 1998)

Sat, 12/27/2008 - 13:24 — Republibot 3.0

There are things in the universe billions of years older than either of our races. They're vast, timeless, and if they're aware of us at all, it is as little more than ants, and we have as much chance of communicating with them as an ant has with us. We know, we've tried, and we've learned that we can either stay out from underfoot or be stepped on... they are a mystery. And I am both terrified and reassured to know that there are still wonders in the universe, that we have not yet explained everything. Whatever they are, Miss Sakai, they walk Sigma 957, and they must walk there alone.

— G'Kar

Babylon 5 ("Mindwar" 1994)

Sat, 12/27/2008 - 13:23 — Republibot 3.0

You picked a terrible moment in your social evolution to develop principles. Perhaps you can start with something simpler. The moral equivalent of the opposable thumb, for instance.

— G'Kar

Babylon 5 ("Movements of Fire and Shadow" 1998)

Sat, 12/27/2008 - 13:19 — Republibot 3.0

The universe speaks in many languages but only one voice. The langage is not Narn or human or Centauri or Gaim or Minbari. It speaks in the language of hope. It speaks in the language of trust. It speaks in the language of strength and the language of compassion. It is the language of the heart and the language of the soul. But always it is the same voice. It is the voice of our ancestors speaking through us. And the voice of our inheritors waiting to be born. It is the small, still voice that says: "We are one." No matter the blood, no matter the skin, no matter the world, no matter the star: we are one. No matter the pain, no matter the darkness, no matter the loss, no matter the fear: we are one. Here gathered together in common cause we agree to recognize this singular truth and this singular rule: that we must be kind to one another. Because each voice enriches us and ennobles us, and each voice lost, diminishes us. We are the voice of the universe, the soul of creation, the fire that will light the way to a better future. We are one. We are one.

— G'Kar

Babylon 5 ("The Paragon of Animals" 1998)

Sat, 12/27/2008 - 13:18 — Republibot 3.0

Our thoughts form the universe. They *always* matter.

— G'Kar

Babylon 5 ("The Hour of the Wolf" 1996)

Sat, 12/27/2008 - 13:17 — Republibot 3.0

We are all the sum of our tears. Too little and the ground is not fertile, and nothing can grow there. Too much, the best of us is washed away.

— G'Kar

Babylon 5 ("Objects in Motion" 1998)

Sat, 12/27/2008 - 13:15 — Republibot 3.0

It is said that the future is always born in pain. The history of war is the history of pain. If we are wise what is born of that pain matures into the promise of a better world. Because we learn that we can no longer afford the mistakes of the past.

— G'Kar

Babylon 5 ("In The Beginning..." 1998)

Sat, 12/27/2008 - 13:14 — Republibot 3.0

Take my advice and go back to the time you came from. The future isn't what it used to be.

— G'Kar

Babylon 5 ("The Long Dark" 1994)

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