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

— 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

[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

If you plan for failure, then you are expecting to fail. If you plan for success, you’ll be successful. Once you start making a ‘Plan B’, you distract from ‘Plan A’, and the moment you start believing there are other options, you start settling for less.

— A.J. Darkholme

If you refuse to accept what is, and choose to see what could be, then you set a course for yourself that makes others take notice of you, respect you, revere you. It is then that they become objects of your destiny instead of you playing a support role in theirs.

— A.J. Darkholme

If your heart, mind, and actions are selfish, they will ultimately divide you, others, or entire [establishments]. When motivation is pure and selfless, it will result in helping bring others together.

— A.J. Darkholme

If you think you know what your purpose is, but can never seem to gain satisfaction from it, then it’s probably not the purpose you’re destined for.

— A.J. Darkholme

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

— A.J. Darkholme

In times of war, skepticism can be just cause for execution.

— A.J. Darkholme

It is the crimson tongue that paints the world others think they see.

— A.J. Darkholme