Boldness makes even the smallest animal dangerous.
ROBERT GREENEThe human tongue is a beast that few can master.
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Only create associations with positive affinities. Make this a rule of life and you will benefit more than from all the therapy in the world.
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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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If you are worried about what others might think and about how your position in the group might be jeopardized, then you will never really create anything.
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When 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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Everybody in life is struggling for power, and some people use morality and righteousness as a weapon, while others use different means, even passive aggression. From a distance, we are all fighting, and I am looking at this from a distance.
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I believe that everything happens for a reason, and what seems bad at first might in fact be something of a blessing.
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Be as fluid as water, do not give your enemies anything solid to attack.
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There’s no more of an excuse for blaming other people or the world for at least not trying what you should be trying.
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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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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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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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Fear creates its own self-fulfilling dynamic- as people give into it, they lose energy and momentum. Their lack of confidence translates into inaction that lowers confidence levels even further, on and on.
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The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.
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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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Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent
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