The problem with human beings is that they can’t sit alone in a room for more than an hour.
ROBERT GREENEI just do what I want to do without hurting other people and you know, I wish other people would do the same.
More Robert Greene Quotes
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Be brutal with the past, especially your own, and have no respect for the philosophies that are foisted on you from outside.
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Be as fluid as water, do not give your enemies anything solid to attack.
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Actually, your past successes are your biggest obstacle: every battle, every war, is different, and you cannot assume that what worked before will work today.
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True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.
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Boldness makes even the smallest animal dangerous.
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The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.
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The truth is that creative activity is one that involves the entire self – our emotions, our levels of energy, our characters, and our minds.
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For the future, the motto is, “No days unalert.”
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It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.
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When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are.
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When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.
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Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.
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Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it.
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Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.
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Life goes by very fast. And the worst thing in life that you can have is a job that you hate, that you have no energy in, that you’re not creative with and you’re not thinking of the future. To me, might as well be dead.
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