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"Do, or do not. There is no try."

―Jedi Master Yoda

"For my ally is the Force. And a powerful ally it is."

―Yoda, to Luke Skywalker

"Step forward, Padawan. Anakin Skywalker, by the right of the Council... by the will of the Force... dub thee I do... Jedi... Knight of the Republic."
―Yoda, knighting Anakin Skywalker

"You must unlearn what you have learned."

―Yoda

"This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away, to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was, hmm? What he was doing. Hmm. Adventure. Heh. Excitement. Heh. A Jedi craves not these things."
―Yoda, before training Luke Skywalker

"Like fire across the galaxy the Clone Wars spread."

―Yoda

"If so powerful you are, why leave?"

―Yoda, to Darth Sidious

Luke: "I don't believe it."

Yoda: "That is why you fail."

―Luke Skywalker and Yoda, after Yoda lifts the X-wing with the Force

"Mine! Mine! Mine! MINE!!!"

―Yoda, fighting with R2-D2 over a glowlamp

"When nine hundred years old you reach, look as good you will not, hmm?"
―Yoda, grown weak with old age

"For my ally is the Force. And a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you. Here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere! Yes, even between the land and the ship."
―Yoda, lecturing Luke on the Force

Obi-Wan: "That boy is our only hope."

Yoda: "No.... there is another."

―Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda

Dooku: "Why not do it the easy way, Master?"

Yoda: "Because it is easy."

―Dooku and Yoda, on using the Force for simple tasks

Yoda: "Help you I can. Yes, mmm."

Luke: "I don't think so. I'm looking for a great warrior."

Yoda: "Oh! Great warrior. Wars not make one great."

―Yoda and Luke Skywalker, meeting on Dagobah

Yoda: "Each act, you see, is like a fossil, preserved in the Force, as – aiee! Stop! Stop! Eating this, I am!"

Droid: "This bowl contains a substance my sensors cannot identify as food. Please wait here, and I will bring you one of today's specials."

―Yoda and Kitchen Droid

Obi-Wan: "I must admit, without the clones, it would not have been a victory."

Yoda: "Victory? Victory, you say? Master Obi-Wan, not a victory. The shroud of the Dark Side has fallen. Begun, the Clone War has."

―Yoda, to Obi-Wan Kenobi, before the Clone Wars

"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate....leads to suffering."
―Yoda

Luke: "Master Yoda, you can't die."

Yoda: "Strong am I with the Force, but not that strong. Twilight is upon me, and soon night must fall. That is the way of things. The way of the Force."

―Luke Skywalker and Yoda

"When you look at the dark side, careful you must be ... for the dark side looks back."
―Yoda, as quoted by Whie and Scout

"If in anger you answer, then in shame you dwell."

―Master Yoda, as quoted by Barriss Offee

Waitress: "Anything else?"

Yoda: "Yes. We would like our meal comped."
Waitress: "Your meal will be comped."
Mace Windu: "Stop that! What happened to only using the Force for knowledge and defense?"
Yoda: "I was. Defending my wallet I was from the evil price hikes."

―Yoda, using the Force correctly, from a certain point of view

"Luke... the Force runs strong in your family. Pass on what you have learned. Luke... there is... another... Sk... ky... walker..."
―Yoda's dying words to Luke Skywalker

Luke: "I don't want your help. I want my lamp back. I'm gonna need it to get out of this slimy mudhole."

Yoda: "Mudhole? Slimy? My home this is!"

―Luke Skywalker and Yoda, meeting for the first time on Dagobah

"If no mistake have you made, yet losing you are... a different game you should play."
―Yoda, in recollections of Mace Windu

Luke: "I won't fail you. I'm not afraid."

Yoda: "Oh, you will be. You will be."

―Luke Skywalker and Yoda

Luke: "There's something not right here. I feel cold... death."

Yoda: "That place is strong with the dark side of the Force. A domain of evil it is. In you must go."

Luke: "What's in there?"

Yoda: "Only what you take with you."

―Luke Skywalker, training with Yoda

"Secret, shall I tell you? Grand Master of Jedi Order am I. Won this job in a raffle I did, think you? 'How did you know, how did you know, Master Yoda?' Master Yoda knows these things. His job it is."
―Master Yoda, to Tallisibeth Enwandung-Esterhazy

"Soon will I rest. Yes, forever sleep. Earned it, I have."

―Master Yoda, to Luke Skywalker

Dooku: "What do you want? Tell me what you want and I will show you how the dark side can help you achieve it. Do you want friends? The dark side can compel them for you. Lovers? The dark side understands passion in a way you never have. Do you want riches—endless life—deep wisdom…?"

Yoda: "I want… I want a rose."

―Dooku and Yoda

"How you get so big eating food of this kind?"

―Yoda, to Luke Skywalker

"Lost a planet Master Obi-Wan has. How embarrassing. How embarrassing."
―Yoda, amusing younglings at Obi-Wan Kenobi's expense

Sidious: "I have waited a long time for this moment, my little green friend. At last, the Jedi are no more."

Yoda: "Not if anything to say about it I have!"

―Darth Sidious and Yoda, just before Yoda sends Sidious flying across the room

Yoda: "Attachment leads to jealousy. The shadow of greed that is."

Anakin: "What must I do, Master Yoda?"

Yoda: "Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose."

―Yoda and Anakin Skywalker, discussing premonitions of the loss of Padmé

"Always with you it cannot be done. Hear you nothing that I say?"
―Yoda, challenging Luke Skywalker in his training

Luke: "Listen, friend, we didn't mean to land in that puddle, and if we could get our ship out, we would, but we can't, so why don't you just—"

Yoda: "Awww, cannot get your ship out!"

―Yoda, teasing Luke Skywalker

Ventress: "I don't fear you, Jedi!"

Yoda: "Strong you are with the dark side, young one… but not that strong."

―Asajj Ventress and Yoda — ▶️ (file info)

Luke: "Master, moving stones around is one thing. This is totally different!"

Yoda: "No! No different! Only different in your mind."

―Yoda, teaching Luke Skywalker to lift his X-wing

"A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack."
―Yoda

"Twilight is upon me, and soon night must fall. That is the way of things... the way of the Force."
―Yoda, to Luke Skywalker

"If far from the Force you find yourself, trust you can that it is not the Force which moved."
―Yoda, to Luke Skywalker

"Control, control, you must learn control!"

―Yoda, to Luke Skywalker

Yoda: "I cannot teach him. The boy has no patience."

Obi-Wan: "He will learn patience."

Yoda: "Hmm. Much anger in him, like his father."

Obi-Wan: "Was I any different when you taught me?"

―Yoda and the spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi, conferring about Luke Skywalker

"To a dark place this line of thought will carry us."

―Yoda, as Jedi discuss moving against Chancellor Palpatine

Yoda: "Stubborn and hard is your head. Soften it we will."

Luke: "I stood on my head to soften it?"

Yoda: "Mysterious are the ways of the Force."

Luke: "Did you just make me stand on my head for two hours because I was annoying you?"

Yoda: "Very mysterious."

―Luke Skywalker and Yoda

Luke: "Master Yoda, are you content? You've been alone for so long..."

Yoda: "Alone? No. Always the past to keep me company. The creatures on the planet, and the Force. And now you. Annoying though you may be."

―Luke Skywalker and Yoda, on Dagobah

"A warrior who cannot dance? Clumsy in both war and peace he is."
―Yoda

"Yarael Poof has a small head. But a small head means not small thoughts."
―Yoda describes his fellow Jedi Master

Yoda: "Mysterious are the ways of the Force."

Luke: "Did you just make me stand on my head for two hours because I was annoying you?"

Yoda: "Very mysterious."

―Yoda trains Luke Skywalker

Yoda: "Think you I have never felt the touch of the dark? Know you what a soul so great as Yoda can make, in eight hundred years?"

Dooku: "Master?"

Yoda: "Many mistakes!"

―Yoda and Dooku

"To be Jedi is to face the truth, and choose. Give off light, or darkness, Padawan. Be a candle, or the night, Padawan: but choose!"
―Yoda, to Whie Malreaux

Yoda: [rectory droid takes Yoda's bowl] "Stop! Stop! Eating this, I am!"

Droid: "This bowl contains a substance my sensors cannot identify as food. Please wait here, and I will bring you one of today's specials."

Yoda: [grabs edge of bowl] "Ignorant machine! Not on menu, my food ever is. Made special for me, was this!"

Droid: [starts tug-of-war over bowl] "Preliminary readings cannot confirm the edibility of the contents of this bowl. Please wait here, and I will bring you one of today's specials."

Yoda: [whaps droid with cane] "Back! Mine! Go away!"

Droid: "You are bound to enjoy today's special. Baked dru'un slices in fish sauce. Wait here, and I will bring you some." [Yoda hits droid again; tug-of-war results in bowl shattering and contents flying everywhere] [with satisfaction] "Oh, dear, a spill. Let me clean that up for you."

Yoda: "Bah! Droids!"

―A Jedi Temple rectory droid doesn't like Yoda's culinary preferences

"Double jump you can. Easy it is."

―Yoda, instructing Ahsoka Tano in tutorial for Republic Heroes

"When you look back, lose your place on the path, you do. Learn you will, Anakin, that stars move and stars fall, and nothing at all do they have to do with you."
―Yoda, to Anakin Skywalker

"Seen much have we, Artoo. Been part of much. Your part will continue. His part is just beginning… but my part, soon, will come to an end."
―Yoda, to R2-D2, during Luke Skywalker's Jedi training

Sidious: "Master Yoda. You survived."

Yoda: "Surprised?"

Sidious: "Your arrogance blinds you, Master Yoda. Now you will experience the full power of the dark side."

―Darth Sidious and Yoda, before their duel in the Senate

"Ready, are you? What know you of ready? For eight hundred years have I trained Jedi. My own counsel will I keep on who is to be trained."
―Yoda, to Luke Skywalker

Palpatine: "I think I begin to understand the reasons for your secrecy. The Jedi are attempting to expose Sidious."

Yoda: "In pursuit of clues, we are."

Palpatine: "Might the capture of Sidious end the war?"

Mace: "Hasten the end."

Palpatine: "Then I trust that you will accept my apologies. Do whatever you must to hunt Sidious down."

―Yoda and Mace Windu, sharing their suspicions about Darth Sidious with Supreme Chancellor Palpatine

Yoda: "A Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware of the dark side. Anger. Fear. Aggression. The dark side of the Force are they. Easily they flow. Quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you it will, as it did Obi-Wan's apprentice."

Luke: "Vader… Is the dark side stronger?"

Yoda: "No! No…no. Quicker. Easier. More seductive."

Luke: "But how am I to know the good side from the bad?"

Yoda: "You will know, when you are calm. At peace. Passive."

―Yoda, to Luke Skywalker

"An infinite mystery is the Force. The more we learn, the more we discover how much we do not know."
―Yoda

Yoda: "Only a fully trained Jedi knight, with the Force as his ally, will conquer Vader and his Emperor. If you end your training now, if you choose the quick and easy path, as Vader did, you will become an agent of evil."

Obi-Wan: "Patience!"

Luke: "And sacrifice Han and Leia?"

Yoda: "If you honor what they fight for? Yes!"

―Yoda and the spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi, counseling Luke Skywalker not to attempt a rescue of his friends on Bespin

"Chaos begun cannot be ordered so easily."

―Yoda

"Believe I do, Senator, that a free society must guard its freedom zealously, lest wake one morning it does to find all freedom disappeared."
―Yoda, to Bail Organa

Yoda: "Like a river, the Force flows through you. Learned much you have, in these past three months. And more quickly than any student I have taught before."

Leia: "Even my father?"

Yoda: "Strong was the Force with Anakin, before he became Vader. Yet impatient and stubborn he was. Constantly pushing to excel beyond his ability. More sublime, your approach has been." [Leia kills a swamp slug that sprays water everywhere] "Yet learned you have not the hazards of using a superheated blade against a foe made mainly of water."

―Yoda, during the training of Leia Organa, in an alternate timeline

"Will he finish what he begins?"

―Yoda, before training Luke Skywalker

Yoda: "Wake up."

Luke: "Aghh! What are you doing?"

Yoda: "Poking you with a stick, I am."

―Yoda awakens Luke Skywalker

"What use saving the galaxy is if so much hurt and pain one must cause? The Jedi way that is not. No. Hurt you I won't. Trust you I will, trust you…and the Force. The Jedi way that is. Be good to speak again it will."
―Jedi Master Yoda reconsiders mind-wiping Arhul Hextrophon to protect his secret after the latter finds him on Dagobah

Luke: "I saw a city in the clouds."

Yoda: "Mmm. Friends you have there."

Luke: "They were in pain."

Yoda: "It is the future you see."

Luke: "The future... Will they die?"

Yoda: "Difficult to say. Always in motion is the future."

―Luke Skywalker, troubled by Force visions while training with Yoda on Dagobah

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