A.J. Darkholme Quotes - Page 4

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

Some only follow the holy man while others only follow the warlord. But the truth is, both sides are within all of us, and if people could only see that, they wouldn't have to wear masks, or pretend to be holy like a holy man, or pretend that nothing can hurt them like a warlord. They could just be themselves, unjudged.

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.

My happiness with the future and the present depends on my ability to let the past go and make peace with it.

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.

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.

We live our days in the microscopic, but something within us calls us to dream in the cosmic – every one of us. And within us exists those two worlds: the world as it is and the world as we think it ought to be.

What's the use in prolonging life if you don't do anything with it?

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.

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

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

When all seems hopeless and all has gone silent, that’s Destiny turning down the music so that all may hear our response to life’s great storms, giving our response the chance to echo throughout eternity with the level of greatness it deserves.

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

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

Change isn't always comfortable, but it always teaches us something of utmost importance – usually about ourselves – and we become better people for it.

Awareness is not a prerequisite for change.

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

Always think at least two steps ahead [in everything, with everyone].

What you withhold in this life will be withheld from you in the next.

The strong will always rule the weak.