Day 6 - The Wit and Wisdom of Citizen G'kar
G’kar got most of the best speeches in Babylon 5. While Londo fell as his star rose, G’kar became more than he was, much more. I thought I’d share some of them… and share a video of one or two as well.
In the Beginning:
(1998)
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.
Declaration of Principles for the Interstellar Alliance
“The Universe speaks in many languages, but only one voice. The language 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 recognise 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.”
On freedom:
“No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms
forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against that power tyrants and dictators cannot stand.”
“What is Truth? What is god?
From Z’ha’dum: (1996)
G’Quon wrote, “There is a greater darkness
than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way.
The war we fight is not against powers and principalities; it is against chaos
and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of
dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us,
waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one
knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it
is always born in pain.”
The funniest scene in the series:
And I’ll leave with this one:
As the humans say, up yours!
In the Beginning:
(1998)
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.
Declaration of Principles for the Interstellar Alliance
“The Universe speaks in many languages, but only one voice. The language 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 recognise 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.”
On freedom:
“No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms
forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against that power tyrants and dictators cannot stand.”
“What is Truth? What is god?
Click to viewFrom Z’ha’dum: (1996)
G’Quon wrote, “There is a greater darkness
than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way.
The war we fight is not against powers and principalities; it is against chaos
and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of
dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us,
waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one
knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it
is always born in pain.”
The funniest scene in the series:
And I’ll leave with this one:
As the humans say, up yours!