Code of the Sith / Legends The Code of the Sith , known as Qotsisajak in Sith , was the mantra that reinforced the core beliefs of the Sith Order . It was considered the dark side counterpart to the Jedi Code , and was first authored on the planet Korriban in 6900 BBY by the Jedi heretic Sorzus Syn . The code remained remarkably unchanged through the millennia , as the Sith Lord Darth Bane still taught the words of Sorzus Syn when he began rebuilding the Sith Order around 1000 BBY , after the Seventh Battle of Ruusan . The Sith Code . The Sith Code , as written by Sorzus Syn and taught by Darth Bane : < poem > " 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 . " The Force shall free me . < / poem > There also existed a version of the code in Sith , known as " Qotsisajak " — literally " Way of the Sith doctrine " : < poem > " Nwûl tash . " Dzwol shâsotkun . " Shâsotjontû châtsatul nu tyûk . " Tyûkjontû châtsatul nu midwan . " Midwanjontû châtsatul nu asha . " Ashajontû kotswinot itsu nuyak . " Wonoksh Qyâsik nun . < / poem > History . According to the Human Qordis , founder and master of the Sith Academy on Korriban , the Code of the Sith served as the backbone of the Order since Jedi Exiles enslaved the red - skinned Sith Purebloods from the Horuset system . Indeed , the first recorded appearance of the Code dates back to the personal journal of Sorzus Syn , one of the fallen Jedi who set foot on Korriban in the year 6900 BBY . Syn had been impressed by the lifestyle of the Sith Purebloods , who would take all what they needed , kill the rest , and use everything to its fullest . Inspired by their example of brutal impulsiveness , Syn decided to write a pendant to the Jedi Code , a new mantra that was based on passion and the channeling of rage through anger . In her journal , Sorzus Syn stated that the Jedi beliefs only encouraged acceptance of one ' s limitations and passivity . The Sith Code was created so as to point to the " failings " of the Jedi Code , and it was meant to become a unifying mantra for the followers of the newly created Sith Empire . By 990 BBY , the Jedi Order knew of the Sith Code . In " " , the Human Chief Librarian Restelly Quist wrote a chapter on Sith history , including a brief commentary on the Code of the Sith . According to Master Quist , the tenets of the Sith were self - centered and focused on individual needs and desires , while the Jedi defended the idea of achieving greatness through self - humbling . Analysis of the Sith Code . Some have speculated that the Code of the Sith was created in direct contrast with the Jedi Code , to illustrate the fundamental philosophical differences between the orders . This could certainly account for the first line of the Sith Code discounting the Jedi ' s proclamation of peace , as well as the similar structure of the two Codes , although the Jedi claimed the Code spoke only of the Sith ' s individual wants and desires . " Peace is a lie , there is only passion " . According to Yuthura Ban , a Twi ' lek Sith practitioner who taught at the Korriban Academy , the " peace " of the Jedi , meaning the lack of conflict , was an agent of stagnation . Conflict , however , was seen as the source of progress for both the single beings and the civilizations . She also stated that the necessity of conflict was a law of the universe and not just a Sith thinking . Fundamentally , the Code of the Sith expressed their rejection of selflessness and their full embrace of passion and lust . Although some individuals turned to the dark side out of a philosophical ideal or even wished to wield its violent powers for altruistic purposes , all Sith ended up prisoners of their own crave for power . The deeper nature of the Sith Order was a predatory one , a trait that Sorzus Syn had admired in the Sith Purebloods . " Through passion , I gain strength . " . The Sith saw themselves as seekers , challengers of old and stagnant ways , in touch with the laws of nature and the universe . They saw the Jedi as denying their natures and afraid of the truth around them . Yuthura Ban gave examples of the tuk ' ata hunting prey , feeding on weaker creatures . Passions were what kept all creatures — from the most rudimentary to the most evolved sentient — alive . Yuthura Ban explained this to the amnesiac Revan , " " To think us creatures beyond the need of simple passions is a delusion . " " They believed that mastery of their passions gave them strength the Jedi lacked . " Through power , I gain victory " . The Sith did not believe that victory by any means was desirable , but believed that unless victory proved your superiority , it was an illusion and temporary . Though there might be different types of victories — peaceful victory , victory by sacrifice , even a truce — Sith dogma taught that unless the victory was achieved by demonstrating that one ' s power was superior , it was not true victory . The stronger a Sith became in the Force , the more power he could achieve , but he always had to fight for that power . " Through victory , my chains are broken " . The true meaning of the line " … my chains are broken " was a subject of argument among many Sith . According to Yuthura Ban , the chains represented a being ' s restrictions ; not just a Sith but any being in the universe . The restrictions could be those placed upon a being by someone else , or restrictions that one placed upon oneself . The ultimate goal of any Sith was to free himself from such restrictions , but not in the simplistic meaning of just being able to do whatever he wanted . The Sith desired to free themselves in order to reach perfection and fulfill their potential . They wanted perfect strength , perfect power , and perfect destiny , which , in turn , allowed one to do whatever they wanted for the most part . The person who had these abilities was known as the Sith ' ari . The Sith ' ari was supposed to destroy the Sith and then make them stronger than ever . This caused many Sith to treat perfection as a goal to work towards rather than a strict state of being , and in that way they were very like the Jedi . General historical consensus has considered Darth Bane to be the Sith ' ari . Indeed , Bane destroyed the Sith using the thought bomb at the Seventh Battle of Ruusan in 1000 BBY and rebuilt it under the Rule of Two , which would ultimately lead to Sith domination of the galaxy in the form of Palpatine ' s Galactic Empire . " The Force shall free me . " . The Sith believed that those who strove for perfection through knowledge and mastery of the Force would be rewarded . The Sith also believed that those who followed their code were free of the mundane restrictions of others , that they strove for a greater purpose and thus threw off the restrictions normally placed upon individuals by society and other organizations . Behind the scenes . The Code of the Sith was created by David Gaider , who wrote the Korriban segment of the 2003 video game " " . Initially , Gaider had asked Lucasfilm whether the Sith had a written creed like the Jedi did . When he was told to write one specifically for the game , Gaider reversed the existing Jedi Code and complemented it with a Sith philosophy partly inspired by " " , the infamous autobiographical manifesto written by the leader .