Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
On the surface it is difficult to find much wrong with that statement. Strip away the idea of the evil sith and you find there is much truth in what they put forward. Peace is a lie–at least in my lifetime. The American people have always known war, be it as as a vague conception of good vs. evil or a more specific evil, in the form of a person or group. Passion we embrace as a the driving energy of athletics, athleticism, and all of the fine arts. We laud passion when it is convenient and despair at its announcement when in professional or wealthy settings. Passion indeed brings strength. I’ve been pushing that bit of the credo to my players for years, without fully recognizing the source.
The rest is reality plain and simple. Power and victory are often intertwined. Where the Sith faith goes wrong is in the insistence of evil. Power can be used for the betterment of all, whereas the Sith use power for the betterment of two.