Vulcan proverbs

Proverbs by the fictional race Vulcans from Star Trek.

• Live long and prosper.
  • Said on many occasions, normally accompanied by salute. Standard reply:

• Peace and long life.

• Nothing that is is unimportant.

• Challenge your preconceptions, or they will challenge you.

• Infinite diversity in infinite combination.
  • Concept introduced in Star Trek: The Original Series, "Is There in Truth No Beauty?"

• My mind to your mind... my thoughts to your thoughts...
  • Chant used during Vulcan mind melds; this same expression was used in The X-Men # 3 (January 1964) by Professor Charles Francis Xavier.

• Only Nixon can go to China
  • Spock, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

• May your journey be free of incident.
  • Saavik, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

• In accepting the inevitable, one finds peace.
  • Tuvok, Star Trek Voyager: "Once Upon a Time"

• Nothing unreal exists.
  • Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

• Logic is the cement of our civilization, with which we ascend from chaos, using reason as our guide.
  • T'Plana-Hath, Matron of Vulcan Philosophy

• Wanting is more pleasurable than having.
  • Spock, Star Trek: The Original Series, "Amok Time"

• We are here to serve.

• The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one.

• Logic is the beginning, not the end, of Wisdom.
  • Perhaps derived from George Illes (1852 - 1942): "Doubt is the beginning, not the end of Wisdom."
  • Spock, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

• A Vulcan never bluffs.
  • Spock, Star Trek: The Original Series, "The Doomsday Machine"

• One man can summon the future.
  • T'Pol in United of Star Trek: Enterprise Season 4, Episode 13