Babylon 5 (1993–1998)

Andreas Katsulas: G'Kar

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• Citizen G'Kar : 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 - sees nothing. What we perceive as God is the by-product 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 : 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, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand. The Centauri learned this lesson once. We will teach it to them again. Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.

• Citizen G'Kar : The universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements. Energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest.

• Citizen G'Kar : [to Londo after they discover the Centauri are still building warships during peace time]  Well, with everyone now on the same side, perhaps you're planning to invade yourselves for a change. I find the idea curiously appealing. Once you've finished killing each other, we can plow under all the buildings and plant rows of flowers that spell out the words, "Too annoying to live" in letters big enough to be seen from space.

• Citizen G'Kar : I believe that when we leave a place a part of it goes with us and part of us remains. Go anywhere in these halls, when it is quiet and just listen. After a while you will hear the echoes of all of our conversations, every thought and word we've exchanged. Long after we are gone, our voices will linger in these walls for as long as this place remains. But I will admit that the part of me that going will very much miss the part of you that is staying.

• Delenn : We may be able to get the Pak'ma'ra on board to help, but they're going to need something in exchange.

  Ambassador Londo Mollari : Oh, offer them my body. Another 10 minutes of this, I'll be dead anyway!

  Citizen G'Kar : [Without looking up]  I second the motion!

• [Opening narration, season 4] 

  Lennier : It was the year of fire,

  Zack Allan : The year of destruction,

  Citizen G'Kar : The year we took back what was ours.

  Lyta Alexander : It was the year of rebirth,

  Ambassador Vir Cotto : The year of great sadness,

  Marcus Cole : The year of pain,

  Delenn : And a year of joy.

  Ambassador Londo Mollari : It was a new age.

  Dr. Stephen Franklin : It was the end of history.

  Susan Ivanova : It was the year everything changed.

  Michael Garibaldi : The year is 2261.

  Captain John Sheridan : The place, Babylon 5.

• Susan Ivanova : So the next time we find out where the Shadows plan to strike, we can mine the area, and as soon as they come out of hyperspace...

  Citizen G'Kar : Then, as you so concisely say, Boom!

• Ambassador Londo Mollari : I would remind the Drazi Ambassador that the Centauri have already signed the declaration.

  Citizen G'Kar : And if the Centauri can sign it, anybody can sign it!

  Ambassador Londo Mollari : Right!

• Citizen G'Kar : The Earthers have a saying: "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." I believe they stole it from us.

• Citizen G'Kar : As the humans say, up yours!

• G'Kar : 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.

• Citizen G'Kar : Our thoughts form the universe. They are always important.

• Citizen G'Kar : We all believe in something... greater than ourselves, even if it's just the blind forces of chance.

• Citizen G'Kar : Oh, why does the universe hate me.