| "Everything that is called duty, the prerequisite for all genuine law and the substance for every noble custom, can be traced back to honor. If one has to think about it, one is already without honor."---Oswald Spengler
"When true genius appears in the world, You may know Him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against Him."---Johnathon Swift
"Ful wys is he that can himselven knowe!" (Very wise is he that can know himself.)---Chaucer
"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence."---Albert Einstein
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
"Fire is the test of gold... adversity, of strong Men."
"How glorious it is - and also how painful - to be an exception."---Alfred de Musset
"In war there is no substitute for victory."---General Douglas MacArthur
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!"---Emiliano Zapata
"It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory."---Pascal
"It is seldom wise, incidentally, to impugn, or attempt to manipulate, the honor of a Gorean."---Tarl Cabot, Mercenaries, p. 297
"The Code of the Warriors, in general, is characterized by a rudimentary chivalry, emphasizing loyalty to pride, chiefs and the home stone. It is harsh, but with a certain gallantry, a sense of honor that I could respect. A man could do worse than live by such a code."---Tarnsman, p. 4
"Within the circle of each man's sword, therein lies an Ubar. Be strong and do as you will. The swords of others will set you your limits."---Tribesmen, p. 9
"Warriors, it is said in the codes, have a common Home Stone. Its name is battle."---Renegades, p. 343
'"Yield her," he snapped.
'"I am a warrior," said the young man proudly.
"One who has shed your blood, or whose blood you have shed, becomes your sword brother, unless you formally repudiate the blood upon your weapons."
'"The 97th Aphorism in the Codes I was taught," I said, "is in the form of a riddle: What is invisible but more beautiful than diamonds?"
"Poison is the weapon of woman."---Marauders, p. 18
"One who speaks of Home Stones should stand, for matters of honor are involved here."---Tarnsman, p. 27
"It is thus that, should all the spears miss their mark, he (the Last Spear in the hunt of the larl) sacrifices his life for that of his companions who will, while the larl attacks him, make good their escape. This may seem cruel but in the long run it tends to be conservative of human life; it is better, as Goreans say, for one man to die than many."
"Steel is the coinage of the Warrior… with it he purchases what pleases him."---Marauders, p. 10
"Do not ask the stones or the trees how to live, they can not tell you; they do not have tongues; do not ask the wise man how to live for, if he knows, he will know he cannot tell you; if you would learn how to live, do not ask the question; its answer is not in the question but in the answer, which is not in words; do not ask how to live, but, instead, proceed to do so."---Marauders, p. 9
"He had been destroyed by the Priest-Kings as casually as one might jerk loose the thong of a sandal. He had disobeyed and he had been destroyed, immediately and with grotesque dispatch, but the important thing was, I told myself, that he had disobeyed, that he could disobey, that he had been able to disobey and choose the ignominious death he knew must follow. He had won his freedom though it had, as the Goreans say, led him to the Cities of Dust, where I think, not even the Priest-Kings care to follow. He had, as a man, lifted his fist against the might of the Priest-Kings and so he had died, defiantly, though horribly, with great nobility."---Priest-Kings, p. 14
"It is said," said Samos, "that only weaklings, and fools, and men who deserve to be slave girls, fall slave to women."---Hunters, p. 13 |
