How will your steel serve you if you do not keep it clean and sharp? How will your limbs serve you if you do not keep them clean and strong? How will your honor serve you if you do not keep it clean and pure? For each effort you expend to maintain these things, you shall reap the benefit ten-fold! A Warrior knows well this truth.
~ 63rd Aphorism of the Codes ~
It is unwise to argue with another about the codes of his caste.
~ 64th Aphorism of the Codes ~
My mind and my steel are of the same accord.
~ 65th Aphorism of the Codes ~
The tarn flies. The sleen hunts. The parsit swims. The Warrior fights. To each his own purpose and dominion; a thing must be that which it is.
~ 66th Aphorism of the Codes ~
To live well, to fight well, to die well, and to honor his caste and Home Stone. These are the only concerns of the true Warrior.
~ 67th Aphorism of the Codes ~
The body knows what the mind cannot ... the true Warrior allows his body to function under stress without the hindrances of interfering thought. His is the state of mind that is mind, yet no mind ... the blade flashes, the spirit knows, the body reacts. Let the mind float free, that it may consider such things as tactics and strategy. To do otherwise is to suffer defeat.
~ 68th Aphorism of the Codes ~
A tarn which is hobbled may not fly free; that which is free,
and cannot be free, will surely die.
~ 69th Aphorism of the Codes ~
In all dealings, let this be the question you contemplate: Who is the Master? Who is the slave? Know these things and react accordingly. Know them not and be enslaved by slaves.
~ 70th Aphorism of the Codes ~
The true Warrior does not seek to enslave that which is by its nature free.
That which lives free shall die free. That which is not free will suffer the chains
of its own slavery.
~ 71st Aphorism of the Codes ~
Let honorable service to your Home Stone be cheerfully rendered.
~ 72nd Aphorism of the Codes ~
The true Warrior shall choose his cause wisely; this done, he shall then discharge his duty honorably.
~ 73rd Aphorism of the Codes ~
What are the noblest virtues of the Warrior? Courage to stand and boldness to strike, in obedience to the dictates of honor.
~ 74th Aphorism of the Codes ~
The true Warrior renders respect for all peers and equals.
~ 75th Aphorism of the Codes ~
Let there be honor for your Ubar in war!
~ 76th Aphorism of the Codes ~
Let there be obedience to the Adminstrator of your city in peace!
~ 77th Aphorism of the Codes ~
The Warrior defends his Home Stone unto death.
~ 78th Aphorism of the Codes ~
The Warrior demands absolute obedience and respect from all those who do not possess the strength to be free.
