Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.
ROBERT GREENEWhen you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity, you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others
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Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life’s artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and display it with the care of an artist.
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The worst thing is to sit and whine and complain and obsess about money as if that were the only sign of your worth as a human.
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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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Become who you are by learning who you are.
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The human tongue is a beast that few can master.
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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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Win through your actions, never through argument.
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Nothing is stable in the realm of power, and even closest of friends can be transformed into the worst of enemies.
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Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.
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People go into things for the wrong reasons.
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Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent
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It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause by yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others — playing people against one another, making them pursue you.
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Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others – that is too high a price to pay.
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Understand: A person of power instills a kind of fear by deliberately unsettling those around him to keep the initative on his side.
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Your unhappiness is a way of speaking to you, it’s telling you something isn’t right.
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