Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Journey's End (1994)

Tom Jackson: Lakanta

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• Lakanta : What do you think is sacred to us here?

  Wesley Crusher : Maybe the necklace you're wearing? The designs on the walls?

  Lakanta : Everything is sacred to us - the buildings, the food, the sky, the dirt beneath your feet - and you. Whether you believe in your spirit or not, we believe in it. You are a sacred person here, Wesley.

  Wesley Crusher : I think that's the first time anyone's used that particular word to describe me.

• Lakanta : You must treat yourself with respect. To do otherwise is to desecrate something that is holy.

  Wesley Crusher : Is that what you think I've been doing?

  Lakanta : Only you can decide that.

  Wesley Crusher : I guess I haven't had a lot of respect for myself lately.

  Lakanta : Then perhaps it's time for your own vision quest to begin.

• Wesley Crusher : What are those figures?

  Lakanta : They're mansara - dolls that represent the different spirits that've come to this place.

  Wesley Crusher : That one looks like a Klingon.

  Lakanta : Yes. Our culture is rooted in the past, but it's not limited to the past. Spirits of the Klingon, the Vulcan and Ferengi... come to us just as the bear and the coyote, the parrot... There's no difference.

• Lakanta : I know why you came to us, Wesley. To find the answers that you seek.

• Wesley Crusher : What should I do?

  Lakanta : Start the fire. Then sit and wait.

  Wesley Crusher : What am I waiting for?

  Lakanta : This is your journey, Wesley. I can open the door; but only you can go through it.