A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"Where excess lies, usually someone had to give something up for the other to get it."
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"Where excess lies, usually someone had to give something up for the other to get it."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"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, Rise of the Morningstar
"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, Rise of the Morningstar
"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, Rise of the Morningstar
"[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, Rise of the Morningstar
"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, Rise of the Morningstar
"Our 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, Rise of the Morningstar
"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?"
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"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."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"You 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, Rise of the Morningstar
"The values most important to us are always the most easily exploitable."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"Once 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, Rise of the Morningstar
"We are creatures of habit more than we are creatures of change."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"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.]"
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"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."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"Greed robs you of more value than the price of what you've gained."
A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
"Sometimes 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, Rise of the Morningstar
"Anything 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, Rise of the Morningstar
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