A.J. Darkholme

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 walk _ that anyone not walking it with us is being misled.

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?

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

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

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

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

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 lifetime.

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 awareness we have of a grey-matter tailor's tools [of flattery, persuasion, and cunning.]

Let your fear drive you to evolve into greatness.

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

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

Sometimes the heart can hear what the ears do not.

Never give up on the possibilities or accept what is when you can see it for what it could be.

Anything you dream [can] be yours simply because you've focused on the steps you could take instead of the distance to get there.

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

Far too many people allow broken egos and wounded prides to convince them to seek justice before they seek understanding.

People fear what they do not understand.