"Cross an unfamiliar river without discerning its depths and shallows, and you will drown in its currents without reaching your goal." Being a Jedi is no different. Identify the pitfalls and learn the proper path, or you fail the order and sacrifice yourself in no good purpose.-Jedi Master Odan-Urr
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"Learn to recognize when speed is not important. Race when being first is important; move at your own pace at all other times. It is not necessary to always strike the first blow, to provide the first solution, or to reach a goal before anyone else does. In fact, it is sometimes vital to strike the last blow, to give the final answer, or to arrive after everyone else."
-Wiwa
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The only difference between a dark room and a lit one is the ability to choose to turn on the light. And once on, the dark is just as easy to return- Seiga
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"On distant Generis stands an especially dark, dense and near impenetrable growth of sallap trees. For many generations it was necessary to travel a long distance around the forest to reach the glorious, deep-water lake on the far side. But then a Sith Lord thought to blaze a trail directly through the trees, in the hope of providing a quicker route to the lake. As you might imagine, only a few have taken both routes and lived to tell of their experiences. But all agree that while the path through that dark wood is shorter, it actually fails to arrive at the lake. Whereas the path that skirts the forest, though long and arduous, not only arrives at the shore, but is, in itself, a destination." -Qui Gon Jinn
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"You're going to find that many of the truths people cling to depend greatly on their own perspective." Obi-Wan Kenobi
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"In our lives we can choose to take the path layed out for us. We can lay our own path. Or we can choose to get off the path all together. The important thing is that we can choose what we want to do. For without the choice, we are powerless to stop what path is in front of us." -Seiga
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"Do not see a lightsaber duel as a choice between winning and losing. Every duel can have many, many outcomes. When you concentrate solely on winning-in lightsaber duels as in everything else-you sully your victory. Winning becomes worse than losing. It is better to lose well than to win badly. And it is always better to end a duel peacefully than to win or lose."- Jedi Master Rekpa De on lightsaber duels
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"Be mindful of the currents of the living Force; to do one's duty is not always to do right. Concern yourself with the right action. Let duty take care of itself." Anakin's imagining of Qui-Gon's voice
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"A strong man doesn't need to read the future, he makes his own."-Solid Snake (I know it isn't SW but I love that quote and think we can learn from it)
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There are many realities in the universe, some of them quite harsh. One reality that is inescapable is that there is nothing more valuable than a friend. More than food, more than shelter, and more than weaponry, an ally can save your life."- Qui-Gon Jinn
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"Most people are looking for answers to questions they don't quite understand. They look all over the galaxy for those answers. However, most of the time the answers can be found be looking inside themselves."- Seiga
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"It will be a hard life; one without reward, without remorse, without regret. A path will be placed before you. The choice is yours alone. Do what you think you cannot do. It will be a hard life, but you will find out who you are."
Qui-Gon Jinn and Anakin Skywalker
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"In a rainstorm, you try to keep dry by hurrying for shelter. But you get soaked regardless."
Qui-Gon Jinn
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"Until the possible becomes actual, it is only a distraction."
Qui-Gon Jinn
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"You will find that if you work in the shadows, your work will stay there. And if you should try and bring what you have done in the shadows, to light, that work will disappear. For once light is shined on a shadow, it becomes a shadow no more."-Seiga
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"Where's the rum!!?" -Slipshade
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"Fear makes you run away, love makes you run back."-Unknown
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"Every student is obliged to make one-thousand-eighty major mistakes. The sooner you make them, the sooner you will not have to make them anymore. Thinking there's a list of mistakes is mistake number four."
Djinn Altis