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Many will debate the bestStar Warsmovie, but one fact is indisputable: Yoda is the franchise’s wisest character. Arguably the cutest as well, but maybe you think that’s Grogu, which is fair enough. While Yoda’s signature wisdom is often shown on screen being applied to matters of war, good and evil, life and death, and other extremes, most of what he says has merit to be applied to much less extreme situations.
Even as mere mortals, we can apply the teachings of this highly enlightened creature to our own lives, especially when we find ourselves in the countless existential crises that are simply a part of life and growing up: making tough choices about school, work, friendships or relationships, and finding the deeper meaning of life and what we want to make of ours.
Here are some of the best Yoda cite that live rent - free in my mind :
1.“Already know you that which you need.”
2.“The Force is everything. The seas of Eiram. The canyons of E’ronoh. It is the current within me and you, and everything in between. The energy that makes life flow. And the one thing I am always certain of is that the Force is with me.”
3.“Always pass on what you have learned.”
4.“It is the spontaneity that you find so easily which others do not, that is what sets you apart.”
5.“A flaw more and more common among Jedi. Too sure of themselves they are. Even the older, more experienced ones.”
6.“Blind we are, of creation of this clone army we could not see.”
7.“Doubt in battle, there cannot be. Belief, there must be.”
8.“No greater gift there is, than a generous heart.”
9.“If in anger you answer, then in shame you dwell.”
10.“Arduous is discovering oneself, going on the greatest exploration it is.”
11.“Many of the truths that we cling to depend on our point of view.”
12.“Patience you must have my young Padawan.”
13.“You think Yoda stops teaching, just because his student does not want to hear? A teacher Yoda is. Yoda teaches like drunkards drink, like killers kill.”
14.“If no mistake you have made, losing you are. A different game you should play.”
15.“Your path you must decide.”
16.“Hard to see the dark side is.”
17.“Always two there are, no more, no less. A master and an apprentice.”
18.“Clear, your mind must be, if you are to discover the real villains behind this plot.”
19.“To answer power with power, the Jedi way this is not. In this war, a danger there is, of losing who we are.”
20.“In the end, cowards are those who follow the dark side.”
21.“On many long journeys have I gone. And waited, too, for others to return from journeys of their own. Some return; some are broken; some come back so different only their names remain.”
22.“To be Jedi is to face the truth and choose. Give off light, or darkness, Padawan. Be a candle, or the night.”
23.“The dark side clouds everything. Impossible to see, the future is.”
24.“Feel the Force!”
25.“Powerful you have become. The dark side I sense in you.”
26.“Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them do not. Miss them do not.”
27.“In a dark place we find ourselves, and a little more knowledge lights our way.”
28.“Much to learn you still have.”
29.“Attachment leads to jealousy. The shadow of greed, that is.”
30.“Named must your fear be before banish it you can.”
31.“Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is.”
32.“Anger, fear, aggression. The dark side are they.”
33.“Fear is the path to the dark side.”
34.“No, no, no. Quicker, easier, more seductive.” —Yoda, in response to questions about the dark side
35.“Train yourself to let go of everything you are afraid to lose.”
36.“A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack.”
37.“So certain are you? Always with you what cannot be done. Hear you nothing that I say?”
38.“A Jedi’s strength flows from the Force.”
39.“I can’t teach him. The boy has no patience.”
40.“Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”
41.“Smaller in number are we, but larger in mind.”
42.“Pass on what you have learned. Strength. Mastery. But weakness, folly, failure also. Yes, failure most of all.”
43.“You mustunlearnwhat you have learned.”
44.“The greatest teacher, failure is.”
45.“When you look at the dark side, careful you must be. For the dark side looks back.”
46.“To a dark place this line of thought will carry us. Hmm. Great care we must take.” —Yoda in response to the Jedi possibly taking control of the senate
47.“A way, there always is.”
48.“You will find only what you bring in.”
49.“Always in motion, is the future.”
50."…we are what they grow beyond. That is the true burden of all masters."
51.“Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you, it will.”
52.“Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you?”
53.“All his life has he looked away…to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing. Hmph. Adventure. Heh. Excitement. Heh. A Jedi craves not these things.”
54.“Soon will I rest, yes, forever sleep. Earned it I have. Twilight is upon me, soon night must fall.”
55.“For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you; here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere, yes. Even between the land and the ship.”
56.“Control, control, you must learn control!”
57.“Ah! A great warrior. Wars not make one great.”
58.And of course: “Do. Or do not. There is no try.”
What is your favorite Yoda quote? Let me know in the comment section below!
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