01UndatedChange isn't always comfortable, but it always teaches us something of utmost importance – usually about ourselves – and we become better people for it.A.J. Darkholme / quote ↗
02UndatedYou must always focus on and pursue the good, but when that darkness surges up from within, you need to know how to handle it, use it, and release it wisely, not just deny its presence or acceptability as you suppress it within you.A.J. Darkholme / quote ↗
03UndatedIt’s amazing how just dressing differently can affect your influence; dress like a beggar and your assumed poverty gains you looks of contempt; dress in gold-lined robes and people are more willing to accommodate you; sport armour and you look strong, dutiful, and prepared.A.J. Darkholme / quote ↗
04UndatedFar too many people allow broken egos and wounded prides to convince them to seek justice before they seek understanding.A.J. Darkholme / quote ↗
06UndatedAnything you dream [can] be yours simply because you've focused on the steps you could take instead of the distance to get there.A.J. Darkholme / quote ↗
07UndatedNever give up on the possibilities or accept what is when you can see it for what it could be.A.J. Darkholme / quote ↗
08UndatedIf something needs to be done, do it. If something needs to be said, say it.A.J. Darkholme / quote ↗
09UndatedThe values most important to us are always the most easily exploitable.A.J. Darkholme / quote ↗
10UndatedOnce you start settling, and letting others control your life, it can quickly become a habit, so it’s best to avoid such things altogether.A.J. Darkholme / quote ↗
13UndatedWhat 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 awareness we have of a grey-matter tailor's tools [of flattery, persuasion, and cunning.]A.J. Darkholme / quote ↗
14UndatedOur 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 lifetime.A.J. Darkholme / quote ↗
15UndatedSometimes you just need to know when a fight is best saved for another day when the odds are more in your favour.A.J. Darkholme / quote ↗
18UndatedYou 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?A.J. Darkholme / quote ↗
19UndatedWe 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 walk – that anyone not walking it with us is being misled.A.J. Darkholme / quote ↗
20UndatedIf 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?A.J. Darkholme / quote ↗
21UndatedOur 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.A.J. Darkholme / quote ↗
22UndatedThere is stability in walking an uncertain path, because you never allow yourself to be misled by what you think you know.A.J. Darkholme / quote ↗
23Undated[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 and comfortable with the very place you shouldn't be in.A.J. Darkholme / quote ↗
24UndatedThe 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.A.J. Darkholme / quote ↗
