from "The Savage Curtain"

"We've each learned to be delighted with what we are.  The Vulcans 
learned that centuries before we did."  --Kirk
"It is basic to the Vulcan philosophy, sir.  The combination of a 
number of things to make existence worthwhile."  --Spock
"Yes, the philosophy of _nom_ (sp?), meaning 'all'."  --Lincoln

"Surak!"  --Spock
"Who?"  --Kirk
"The greatest of all who ever lived on our planet, Captain, the 
father of all we became."  --Spock

"Live long and prosper, image of Surak, father of all we now hold true."
  --Spock

"In my time, we knew not of Earth men.  I am pleased to see that 
we have differences.  May we together become greater than the sum 
of both of us."  --Surak


"In my time on Vulcan, we also faced these same alternatives.  We'd 
suffered devastating wars which nearly destroyed our planet.  Another 
was about to begin.  We were torn, but out of our suffering some of us 
found the discipline to act.  We sent emissaries to our opponents to
propose peace.  The first were killed, but others followed.  Ultimately
we achived peace, which has lasted since then."  --Surak
"Circumstances were different then, sir."  --Kirk
"The face of war has never changed, Captain.  Surely it is more 
logical to heal than kill."  --Surak
"I'm afraid that kind of logic doesn't apply here."  --Kirk
"That is precisely why we should not fight."  --Surak
"My ship is at stake."  --Kirk
"I will not harm others, Captain."  --Surak
"His convictions are most profound in this matter, Captain."  --Spock
"So are mine, Spock.  If I believed that there was a peaceful way out 
of this..."  --Kirk
"The risk will be mine alone.  If I fail, you will lose nothing.  After
all, I'm no warrior."  --Surak
"The Captain knows that I have fought at his side before, and will do
so now if need be.  However, I too am a Vulcan, bred to peace.  Let 
him attempt it."  --Spock
"You saw how treacherously they act."  --Kirk
"Oh, yes.  But perhaps it is our belief in peace that is actually being
tested."  --Surak
"I have no authority over you.  You may do as you think best."  --Kirk
"Thank you.  May you live long and prosper."  --Surak


"Stop there, Vulcan.  State your purpose."
"I come in peace to propose peace."
"Are you surrendering?"
"I am doing what I consider best for all of us.  If you choose to 
regard that as surrender, I accept your definition."
"Why are you doing this?  Do you speak for the others?"
"No, I speak for myself, because I abhor violence, but if you accept
the solution I offer, they too will accept it."
"How can I be sure?  I think that you're trying to trick me, Vulcan.
I think that while you're here talking peace, the others are preparing
to attack."
"No, Colonel.  They are at their base, awaiting an answer."
"How can I believe that?  No one talks peace unless he's ready to back
it up with war."  
"He talks peace if it is the only way to live." 
"Then tell me, what do you have to gain, if we accept?
"Nothing but the knowledge that I have done what I believe in."
"And what do I get out of it?  I fight for gain, Vulcan.  What do I 
gain here?"
"Your life, and the lives of the others.  You said yourself, Colonel, 
that we have common cause, to survive.  Together we can, but not by 
warring.  Colonel, surely you accept the logic of this.  What is 
your answer?"  
"You're very persuasive, Vulcan.  I'd like to come out of this with
a whole skin.  Perhaps I can convince my associates that it would be
to their advantage also."  
  --Colonel Green and Surak

"Your Surak is a brave man."
"Men of peace usually are, Captain.  On Vulcan, he is revered as the 
father of our civilization.  The father image holds much meaning for us."
"Do you show emotion, Spock?"
"I deeply respect what he accomplished."  --Kirk and Spock

"How can you ignore that?"
"A Vulcan would not cry out so."  
  --Kirk and Spock, about Surak's cries for help