Quotes by A.J. Darkholme

Gaining satisfaction through accomplishments is and will always be a slippery slope, because there will come a time when you realize you have accomplished all that is within your power to accomplish in the realm of good, and will have nowhere else to turn but to the realms of greed and powerlust to find the satisfaction you crave.

Power and influence: things that should be obtained not for means of greed, nor pride, nor ego, but rather to ensure that in the right moment, when your wisdom and benevolence are required to keep humanity strong and united, you can deliver and orchestrate others toward the greater good.

Emotional states change like the wind, and to indulge them only gives them more power over a person.

A man is no more than breath until his breath fashions the words that others cannot forget.

The power to give everything or take it all away is the inborn power contained in every confident woman’s grasp – the only way for a man to regain that power, is to keep her happy enough that she forgets she even has it.

The power of an idea is never to be underestimated. Many a thought has survived long after its host has ceased to be. It is the power of an idea that no shield can defend against, nor sword divide, nor poison infect. As such, we must aspire to create ideas, rather than preserve life. In a sense, this is how we achieve true immortality and live on past our time.

Love is one of the most motivating and self-defining forces in our lives, whether we turn from it or allow ourselves to be drawn to it. If you allow romantic possibilities with others to consume all your time and energy, they will distract you from the things of interest that fill your life with passion and purpose.

Your biggest dreams can become reality, not by brute-forcing the end-goal, but breaking it down into smaller, more manageable parts. If your goal takes years, breaking it down into months and days will let you improve your lot little bits at a time.

It’s true what they say, that words are the true weapons. Those who fight with steel are limited to the strength of their arm, the reach of their blade, and the timing of their strike; but those who fight with persuasion know no limits – not time, nor status, nor chance.

Even the tallest trees always begin as a seed.

Never overestimate the strength of the torchbearers arm, for even the strongest arms grow weary.

You don’t have to keep living in a dystopia simply because you’re strong and noble enough to accept it.

Sic vis pacem para bellum - if you want peace, prepare for war.

Sometimes to submit is to know you have a life worth living for a higher purpose, worth seeing through.

Sometimes you can grow more in a shorter amount of time with the right company than years of soul-searching alone, or by living the same patterns youve lived for your entire life.

Seek counsel; though we are all skilled and experienced in many ways, no one can experience all that life has to offer in the limited time we are given in this world.

Everything can be achieved through gradual steps – one small step at a time: overcoming fears, fulfilling dreams... anything you wish to be different from the way it is.

What seems like a flaw is merely our higher consciousness telling us were not looking at it in the right light yet.

Our lives consist of a series of internal battles, deep within us, where weapons dont exist and technology is unable to create devices that better the best of yesterday. Our knowledge is our only defense; caution, our only friend.

We must humble ourselves before [others] so we may learn from what others have lived. It is only when we have added their expertise to our own that we can truly excel towards our most ambitious goals and reach our fullest potential.