Surak's Sayings:
Spunau bolayalar t'Wehku bolayalar t'Zamu il t'Veh - The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one
I'wak mesukh-yut t'on - The present is the crossroads of both. (future and past)
Tilek svi'khaf-spol t'vathu - tilek svi'sha'veh. - The spear in the other's heart is the spear in your own.
Nar-tor pulaya s'au k'ka'es - k'el'rular tun-bosh. - Accept their reaching in the same way, with careful hands.
Kup-fun-tor ha'kiv na'ish du stau? - Can you return life to what you kill?
Dom nam-tor vohris nem-tor ha'kiv. - Then be slow to take life.
Dakh pthak. Nam-tor ri ret na'fan-kitok fa tu dakh pthak. - Cast out fear. There is no room for anything else until you cast out fear
Ri klau au ik klau tu. - Do no harm to those that harm you.
Vah mau vah tor-yehat ri stau. - As far as possible, do not kill.
Variben veh sochya kuv nam-tor vah goh yut ha-tor. - He talks peace if it is the only way to live.
Shiyau thol'es k'thorai ri k'ahm. - Nobility lies in action not in name.
Nufau au sochya - yi dungi ma tu sochya. - Offer them peace, then you will have peace.
Pulau na'vathular k'nuhk. - Reach out to others courteously.
Nam-tor ri thrap wilat nem-tor rim. - There is no offense where none is taken.
Ri vath kau eh ri vath rok nam-tor na'etek hi etek kau-tor. - There is no other wisdom and no other hope for us but that we grow wise.
Nam-tor wak vah yut s'vesht na'fa'wak heh pla'rak. - Time is a path from the past to the future and back again.
Ma etek natyan teretuhr lau etek shetau weh-lo'uk do tum t'on. - We have differences. May we, together, become greater than the sum of both of us
Eik-veshtaya to'ovau kau - lu veshtaya ri glazhau goh na'kastorilaya t'kashan. - Wide experience increases wisdom, provided the experience is not sought purely for the stimulation of sensation.