Yoda: Anger, fear, aggression...The dark side of the Force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. [snip]
Luke: How am I to know the good side from the bad?
Yoda: You will know. When you are calm, at peace, passive. A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense. Never for attack.
Luke: How am I to know the good side from the bad?
Yoda: You will know. When you are calm, at peace, passive. A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense. Never for attack.
Peace is a lie.
There is only passion.
Through passion I gain strength,
Through strength I gain power.
Through power I gain victory.
Through victory my chains are broken.
The Force shall set me free.
There is only passion.
Through passion I gain strength,
Through strength I gain power.
Through power I gain victory.
Through victory my chains are broken.
The Force shall set me free.
— The Sith Code, Star Wars
"Passion can lead to rage and fear, and can be controlled... But passion is not the same thing as love. Controlling your passions while being in love, that's what they should teach you to beware."
— Jolee Bindo, Knights of the Old Republic, deconstructing the argument.
One thing foreign to our nature, the disaster of the passions, we have received into ourselves through the first man’s disobedience, and it has taken its place as almost a part of our nature by long custom and propensity
—Saint Macarius of Egypt, Spiritual Homily IV
