Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.
ROBERT GREENEKeep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent
More Robert Greene Quotes
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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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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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True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.
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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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When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.
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Become who you are by learning who you are.
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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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If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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If you’re really driven and you want something deep, hard enough in life, you’re going to get it.
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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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Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.
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Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
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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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The human tongue is a beast that few can master.
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Win through your actions, never through argument.
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