The intellect is not all... but its cultivation must come first, or the individual makes errors... wastes time in unprofitable pursuits.
All S1
S1 E15Unfinished Business
You said something about savagery, Mr. Flint. When was the last time you visited Earth?
You would tell me that it is no longer cruel. But it is, Captain. Look at your starship. Bristling with weapons. Its mission to colonize, exploit, destroy if necessary to advance Federation causes.
Our missions are peaceful, our weapons defensive. If we were barbarians, we would not have asked for rytalin. Indeed, your greeting, not ours, lacked a certain benevolence.
The result of pressures which are... not... your concern
Yes, well, those pressures are everywhere, in everyone, urging him to what you call savagery. The private hells, the inner needs and mysteries, the beast of instinct. As human beings, that is the way it is. To be human is to be complex. You can't avoid a little ugliness from within... and from without.
The joys of love made her human, and the agonies of love destroyed her.
You see, I feel sorrier for you than I do for him. Because you'll never know the things that love can drive a man to. The ecstasies, the miseries. The broken rules. The desperate chances. The glorious failures, and the glorious victories. All of these things you'll never know, simply because the word "love" isn't written into your book.
[mind-melding with Kirk, who wished he could forget about Rayna] Forget ...
I believe I know one of them. At least, I think I recognize her voice. Her name is... Irina Galliulin. We were in Starfleet Academy together.
One of those... was in the Academy?!
They really believe that (the planet) Eden exists?
Many myths are based on truth, Captain. And they are not unintelligent. Their leader, Dr. Sevrin, is a man --
[surprised] Dr. Sevrin is their leader?
Yes. A brilliant research engineer in the fields of acoustics, communications and electronics on Tiberon. He was dismissed from his post when he started this movement. Tong Rad inherits his father's extraordinary abilities in the field of space studies.
But... they've rejected all that, and all that this technology provides. And they seek the primitive.
There are many who are... uncomfortable with what we have created. It is almost a biological rebellion. A profound revulsion against the planned communities. The programming. The sterilized, artfully balanced atmospheres. They hunger for an Eden... where spring comes.
We all do. The cave is deep in our memory.
Yes, that is true, Captain.
But we don't steal space cruisers and act like irresponsible children. What makes you so sympathetic toward them?
It is not "sympathy" so much as curiosity, Captain. A wish to understand. They regard themselves as aliens in their own worlds. A condition with which I am somewhat familiar.
Spock.... What does "Herbert" mean?
[uncomfortable] It is, uh... somewhat, uh... uncomplimentary, Captain. Herbert was a minor official... notorious for his rigid and limited patterns of thought.
[taking that in] Well, I shall try to be less rigid in my thinking.
I don't know why a young mind has to be an undisciplined one. They're troublemakers.
I used to get into a little trouble when I was that age, Scotty. Didn't you?
Miss Galliulin. It is my sincere wish that you do not give up your search for Eden. I have no doubt but that you will find it. Or make it, yourselves.
IIrina
Thank you. [leaves the bridge. Chekov and Spock go back to their stations.]
We... reach, Mr. Spock.
Extreme feminine beauty... is always... disturbing.
Violence in reality is quite different from theory.
VVanna
It's hard to believe that something which is neither seen nor felt can do so much harm.
That's true. But an idea can't be seen or felt. And that's what's kept the Troglytes in the mines all these centuries-- a mistaken idea.
SSurak
I am pleased to see that we have differences. May we together become greater than the sum of both of us.
CGColonel Green
History tends to exaggerate.
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