What’s good for me is certainly not good for other people.
ROBERT GREENEYou cannot make anything worthwhile in this world unless you have first developed and transformed yourself.
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Mastery is not a question of genetics of luck, but of following your natural inclinations and the deep desires that stirs you from within.
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The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken.
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The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.
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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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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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Remember: The best deceivers do everything they can to cloak their roguish qualities. They cultivate an air of honesty in one area to disguise their dishonesty in others. Honesty is merely another decoy in their arsenal of weapons.
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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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No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.
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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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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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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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Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.
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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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Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent
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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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