Minbari Proverbs - On the sci-fi adventure BABYLON 5/SYN/1995-98, a variety of alien races wandered the stars. One such race were the Minbari, humanoid beings who existed long before the humans of Earth. Their wisdom was reflected in such proverbs as:

• A darkness in the heart cannot be cured by moving the body to a different place.

• Claim victory in your heart and the Universe will follow.

• The only way to understand the battle is to understand the language.

• War is as much concept as execution.

• A Warrior will fear not death as we are already dead. Only those of the living can fear.

• The capacity for self-sacrifice: the conscious ability to override evolution and self-preservation for a cause, a friend or a loved one" (the second Minbari Principle of Sentient Life).

• Pale, bloodless, look in their eyes and see nothing but mirrors, infinities of reflection (words of Renegade Shagh-toth, in the year 2258).