The human tongue is a beast that few can master.
ROBERT GREENEBecome who you are by learning who you are.
More Robert Greene Quotes
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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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When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.
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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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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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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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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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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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What’s good for me is certainly not good for other people.
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Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.
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If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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For the future, the motto is, “No days unalert.”
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You cannot make anything worthwhile in this world unless you have first developed and transformed yourself.
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You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.
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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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