His hands move, his lips speak, his eyes blaze! Look upon him! He is an island of strength ... he is master of his own destiny.
~ 50th Aphorism of the Codes ~
A Warrior is not quick to anger ... not does he take advantage of those who are not fortunate enough to be of his caste.
~ 51st Aphorism of the Codes ~
Let a Warrior cast his spear mightily, that it might fly far from him, and let him witness how far away from him it lands. Mark that distance well ... for within it lies all that he may truly control, while beyond it lies the dominion of others.
~ 52nd Aphorism of the Codes ~
The poisoner sniffs his own cup often. The assassin fears a knife lurking behind every tree. The loudest accuser sleeps in fear lest his own crime be discovered.
~ 53rd Aphorism of the Codes ~
Behind every great fortune can be found a crime against someone.
~ 54th Aphorism of the Codes ~
The larl does not drink from the same pool as the urt.
~ 55th Aphorism of the Codes ~
Thirty spokes will converge at the hub of a wheel ... but the use of the cart depends upon the empty spaces between the spokes. A clay bowl is bound by a wall all around ... but the use of the bowl will depend upon the empty space within. Build a cylinder to the sky ... walls 1000 feet high! But the use of the structure will depend upon the empty space within! So advantage is to be had from the solidity of things ... but their usefulness must depend upon the spaces within, and what things they contain.
~ 56th Aphorism of the Codes ~
Sleep as the sleen sleeps ... one eye open, claws extended.
~ 57th Aphorism of the Codes ~
A silent enemy is to be feared.
~ 58th Aphorism of the Codes ~
A Warrior and an Initiate approached a stream, where they saw a lowly peasant child, who had been gathering tarsk dung for his family's cook fire. The child could not cross the stream, as rain had swollen it. Without a word the Warrior lifted the child and carried him across the stream, then set him down and continued along his way. After the two travelers had walked for half an ahn, and gone over a pasang, the Initiate spoke: "How could you, a noble Warrior, carry a filthy unwashed peasant in your arms? He stank of dung." To which the Warrior replied: "Are you still carrying that peasant child? I myself set him down beside the stream, over half an ahn ago."
~ 59th Aphorism of the Codes ~
Only a fool seeks fire and looks for it with a lighted torch.
~ 60th Aphorism of the Codes ~
Q: What is the most valuable thing upon Gor?
A: The courage of a Warrior, for no one can names its price.
~ 61st Aphorism of the Codes ~
A young Warrior sought out a great fencing teacher in Tor, but was disappointed when he was given a wooden spoon instead of a sword and ordered to cook for the teacher's family. Then one day the teacher approached him silently and struck him with a wooden practice sword as he cooked. The young student was never allowed
to lift a weapon, and every day for many years the young warrior was struck, until
in desperation he began to parry the sword away from him with the wooden spoon. At last the day came when he was so skilled he could no longer be struck, or taken unawares. He was then given a real sword, and discovered that he was first sword of Tor.
