Eternals Arishem

From: Eternals

394 quotes

"Motivation comes from fear of irrelevance."
Motivation
"Inspiration is merely the recognition of inevitable truth."
Inspiration
"Relationships are the chains that bind us to our own mortality."
Relationships
"Solitude is the only state in which truth can be fully apprehended."
Solitude
"You question whether I am truly necessary. This question itself proves my necessity."
Wisdom
"The Eternals were my solution to an imperfect problem."
Power
"I have loved civilizations. I have destroyed them too."
Love
"Your happiness is inconsequential to the larger design."
Happiness
"Success is measured across millennia, not moments."
Success
"The bonds you share are both your greatest strength and fatal weakness."
Friendship
"Family is the reason you will ultimately fail or transcend."
Family
"Hope is the poison and cure of mortal existence."
Hope
"Courage without wisdom is merely recklessness."
Courage
"Change is the only constant across all of creation."
Change
"What you call education, I call the slow awakening to servitude."
Education
"Time moves differently for those who exist beyond it."
Time
"The truth will not set you free. It will merely enlighten your cage."
Truth
"Freedom is a concept invented by those who cannot accept their nature."
Freedom
"Peace exists only in the moments between conflicts."
Peace
"Nature follows laws as immutable as those I have imposed."
Nature
"Art is the highest expression of a species' will to endure."
Art
"Science seeks to understand what I have already mastered."
Science
"Your music echoes with the longing of finite creatures."
Music
"Faith in me is justified only by results."
Faith
"A true leader sacrifices everything, including their own soul."
Leadership
"Work is the punishment for having been given consciousness."
Work
"Dreams are the mind's rebellion against predetermined fate."
Dreams
"You laugh to avoid confronting your own nothingness. Wise."
Humor
"Beauty masks the void at the heart of all things."
Beauty
"Death is merely transformation into something my instruments cannot measure."
Death