"Every great leader understands the necessity of war."
Leadership
"I do not desire peace, I desire purpose."
"Your belief in goodness blinds you to reality."
Wisdom
"Freedom is achieved through dominance, not cooperation."
Freedom
"Mankind will always choose destruction over construction."
War
"I am eternal, while you are fleeting. Remember that."
Time
"Love is a weakness you cannot afford to carry."
Love
"You inherited my power, but not my understanding of it."
Power
"Success is measured in victories, not virtues."
Success
"I have walked this earth longer than any other being."
History
"Your faith in humanity is touching, if utterly misplaced."
Faith
"Perseverance without direction is merely stubbornness."
Perseverance
"Art and beauty are distractions from truth."
Art
"I do not seek gratitude, I seek acknowledgment of my superiority."
Gratitude
"Imagination is the refuge of those too weak for reality."
Imagination
"Justice requires a strong hand to enforce it."
Justice
"Patience is a virtue of the powerless."
Patience
"I was created to be your superior, Diana, accept it."
"Adventure is simply destruction with a pleasant name."
Adventure
"The beauty of war is that it reveals truth."
Beauty
"Death is the only honest outcome of existence."
Death
"You cannot inspire what is not already within them."
Inspiration
"Relationships are tools, nothing more or less."
Relationships
"Solitude is the companion of the truly powerful."
Solitude
"Technology merely amplifies what humans already desire: dominance."
Technology
"Politics is war by another name."
Politics
"Knowledge without power is academic exercise."
Knowledge
"Education teaches you to accept the world as it is."
Education
"I do not need motivation, I am motivation incarnate."
Motivation
"Work is the curse of those without power."
Work