A.J. Darkholme Quotes

Where excess lies, usually someone had to give something up for the other to get it.

Like waking up in our home one night to find ourselves in a blazing fire, we must be arsonists of emotion, forcing ourselves to grab only what is truly important to us before our life-rafters collapse...

Every choice in life sets us on a different path and carries its own set of “what ifs” and consequences that we could worry about, but what’s the use? Rather than plaguing our thoughts with the unknow...

The amount of gold someone has is never the issue, but rather the love of it and the want of more for personal gain that consumes the hearts of many good people.

[If you] give into your [emotional] illusions, and you will find yourself lost in a maze with no exits, nor entrances, but winding paths that lead you in circles so many times that you grow familiar a...

There is stability in walking an uncertain path, because you never allow yourself to be misled by what you think you know.

Our destinations are Booleans – we reach them or we don’t – but our journeys are spectrums, because there are so many paths we can take to our destination that make getting there that much better.

If someone was going to kill someone dear to you, and you could stop that person by killing them instead, would you kill them, knowing it was an effective way to save your loved one?

We stay the same as we've always been, keeping to the path we've walked our whole lives. Paths that carry so much importance and perceived stability that we are utterly convinced it is the only one to...

You believe stealing is wrong, but if your family was starving and could not afford bread, wouldn't you say it’s okay to steal a loaf to feed them?

Let your fear drive you to evolve into greatness.

Greed robs you of more value than the price of what you've gained.

Sometimes you just need to know when a fight is best saved for another day when the odds are more in your favour.

Our knees get dusty from time to time, but when they touch the ground, we must never allow the dust to convince us that our submission in that moment is the acceptance of our defeat for an entire life...

What separates us into engineers and robots, puppeteers and puppets, kings and pawns, is not the status we hold at any given time among others - status is irrelevant; it is the level of ever-present a...

Sometimes the heart can hear what the ears do not.

We are creatures of habit more than we are creatures of change.

Once you start settling, and letting others control your life, it can quickly become a habit, so it’s best to avoid such things altogether.

The values most important to us are always the most easily exploitable.

If something needs to be done, do it. If something needs to be said, say it.