A.j. Darkholme Quotes

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

~ A.j. Darkholme

[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

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.

~ A.j. Darkholme

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 unknown, we should focus on and accept only what we do know – and all we know is the path we’re currently on.

~ A.j. Darkholme

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 in on us and we can no longer escape alive.

~ A.j. Darkholme

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

~ A.j. Darkholme

Awareness is not a prerequisite for change.

~ A.j. Darkholme

This day, you are free, because you have chosen to be free – and because of your choice, your days of insignificance are over.

~ A.j. Darkholme

Remain open-minded, even when you believe yourself to be a king among peasants. You never know what blessings can be gained or crises averted just by listening.

~ A.j. Darkholme

Perhaps we don’t progress, because there are so many views – so many paths to peace and happiness – that we get hung up on each path’s differences. Trying to sort out right from wrong when the rights mean so much to us that we can’t look at them objectively.

~ A.j. Darkholme

Our unity will always be a greater force with mixed ideals than if we demand that others change for us, to what we believe.

~ A.j. Darkholme

When life brings you mountains, you don’t waste your time asking why; you spend your time climbing over them.

~ A.j. Darkholme

Don’t let realism keep you from doing what you feel you need to do, even if you think it’s hopeless.

~ A.j. Darkholme

In the grand scheme of life, nobody grows old keeping their soul unblemished.

~ A.j. Darkholme

If you choose to keep your true face secret, then the people who know you by one mask, must never meet those who know you by another.

~ A.j. Darkholme

Never judge a woman by her age.

~ A.j. Darkholme

When you’re looking for a needle in a haystack, don’t afraid to burn the haystack to save yourself from spending half your life picking through strands of straw.

~ A.j. Darkholme

If we are to be truly free, that freedom will come through cooperation and tolerance with one another.

~ A.j. Darkholme

A man shouldn't bite the hand that feeds him, even if another holds out a golden spoon to him as reward after his betrayal.

~ A.j. Darkholme

People are more willing to change based on their perceived insecurities than by an attack on their beliefs.

~ A.j. Darkholme

Express [yourself] without worrying what everyone else will think. Those people are your limits. Ignore them.

~ A.j. Darkholme

The questions we don’t ask become the puzzles we don’t solve.

~ A.j. Darkholme

All things are possible; if something seems like it’s not, it’s only because enough people aren't being deceived into the possibilities yet.

~ A.j. Darkholme

We must always be careful never to make more enemies than we could handle if they were all to attack at once.

~ A.j. Darkholme

People respond more to the authority of status, than the authority of truth.

~ A.j. Darkholme

Being an authority on paper does not immediately grant you authority over a group until it is earned by you and given by them.

~ A.j. Darkholme