The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) - Quotes

Eternity's Battle: A Fantasy Adventure Awaits

Taglines: The battle for eternity is the fantasy of a lifetime.

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The Journey of the Unknown Path

Taglines: The path is unsafe. The place is unknown. The journey is unbelievable.

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A Choice Between Power and Friendship

Jade Warlord: The seeker from the prophecy. Not quite what I expected.

Jason Tripitikas: A man is dying on Song Mountain. I need the elixir.

Jade Warlord: The power to save a life for the power to rule a kingdom, a most generous offer. This man, a good friend?

Jason Tripitikas: And a good teacher.

Jade Warlord: The man who honors his teacher honors himself.

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Wisdom in Silence and Self-Discovery

Jason: What are we gonna do?

Lu Yan: How good is your Kung Fu?

Lu Yan: Ah! He who speaks, does not know. He who knows, does not speak. Surely, you're masterful.

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The Nature of Dreams and Reality

Jason: Is this a dream?

Lu Yan: No, where you come from is the dream, through the gate of no gate.

Jason: What is that, like a wormhole or something?

Lu Yan: No, either you are a Zen Master, or you carry something very special.

Jason: [points to the staff] This? It was in a pawnshop waiting for a guy to pick it up, and return it to its rightful owner.

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The Bond Between Master and Student

Lu Yan: It is said that master and student walk side-by-side, sharing their fate, until they go their separate ways.

Jason: I will never forget you.

Lu Yan: I guess that's what being immortal truly means.

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The Value of Mortal Connections

Lu Yan: When I was your age, I was a scholar-warrior in training. My arrow was good, so too my kung fu. I was chosen to take the several exams. To pass would place me among a short line of scholar immortals. I failed.

Jason: You're not immortal?

Lu Yan: If one does not attach himself to people and desires, never shall his heart be broken. ....But then, does he ever truly live? I'd rather die a mortal, with a care for someone, than to live as an immortal free from his death.

Jason: I don't wanna lose you.

Lu Yan: Forget about me.

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Journey to Free the Monkey King

Jason Tripitikas: How long as he been imprisoned?

Lu Yan: Five hundred years, give or take a few decades.

Jason: So how do I get home?

Lu Yan: You must return the staff you Five Elements Mountain, you must free the Monkey King!

Jason: I can't free the Monkey King. I gotta get home

Lu Yan: (ignoring Jason for the moment) Innkeeper, more wine!

Jason: Geez, don't you think you had one too many?

Lu Yan: Wine is my inspiration. In some parts, I'm known as a poet. Gan bei. (Mandarin for cheers')

Lu Yan: [gently moves the innkeeper towards Jason for him to pay] In other parts, I'm known as a beggar.

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Questioning Kung Fu Skills

Golden Sparrow: How good is your kung fu?

Lu Yan: He's got no kung fu. None!

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The Importance of an Open Mind

Lu Yan: How can you fill your cup when it's full? Empty your cup.

Lu Yan: It is hopeless! Hopeless!

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Conflict Between Two Warriors in Unity

Silent Monk: What about two tigers, one mountain?

Lu Yan: We can kill each other when this is over.

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The Importance of Active Listening

Jason Tripitikas: I can't understand you!

Lu Yan: [in English, when he previously spoke in a Chinese dialect] That's because you're not listening!

Trust and Deception in Relationships

Ni Chang: How romantic. Men will tell you what you want to hear, Sparrow, but in the end they will leave you with nothing!

The Power of Formlessness and Adaptability

The Silent Monk: But do not name it, my friend, for it is like water. Nothing is softer than water yet it can overcome rock. It does not fight. It flows around the opponent, formless, nameless.

The Balance of Learning and Letting Go

The Silent Monk: Learn the form, but seek the formless. Hear the soundless. Learn it all, then forget it all. Learn The Way, then find your own way.

The True Master Resides Within You

Lu Yan: Formless, nameless, the true master dwells within. Only you can free him.

The Art of Kung-Fu in Expression

Lu Yan: The musician can have kung-fu, or the poet who paints pictures with words and makes emperors weep. This, too, is kung-fu.

The Art of Mastery Through Dedication

Lu Yan: Kung-Fu. Hard work over time to accomplish skill. A painter can have kung-fu. Or the butcher who cuts meat every day with such skill his knife never touches bone.